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Bezig met laden... Cast for death (1976)door Margaret Yorke
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Sam Irwin, actor, is found dead in the River Thames. It appears to be suicide. But why should he have taken his own life shortly before opening in a new play at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon? In arriving at a conclusion, Dr. Patrick Grant, a friend of Irwin, manages to link the seemingly unconnected occurrences of the death of a dog, a further suicide, and a series of art robberies. That, however, is only the prelude to a massive deception. Grant himself is threatened, and unless he can escape unscathed from a concert at the Festival Hall, the secret of Irwin's death will die with him. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.9Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern PeriodLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.75)
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He witnesses the body of a drowned man being fished out of the Thames, later finding out it is identified as an actor friend who should have been on stage. The police say suicide, but Grant thinks otherwise — the hair colour was wrong.
Are the deaths of a poodle and a middle-aged lady somehow related to the Thames body? If so, how and why?
Grant is low-keyed, which seems to get him some good results in the information department. Driven by his endless curiosity and the back-up of his instincts of human nature, Grant pieces the puzzle together and finds the big picture is larger than he thought.
I haven't read this author before or heard of the character. I will add her name to my TBR authors list. Her style is along the lines of Christie and Sayers, but without manor houses and the like. There is a nice, even pace to the story as it unfolds, but it isn't boggy. A good book to curl up with. (