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Bezig met laden... Death at the Dog (Inspector Guy Northeast Book 2) (origineel 1940; editie 2016)door Joanna Cannan (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Mathew Scaife, the local squire and a nasty old man, is found dead in the lounge of the village pub. Many of the other drinkers have motives for the murder, but none admit to seeing it. The local superintendent of police has interviewed the suspects and drawn his conclusions, not so much on the basis of fact but on his own prejudices. He cannot abide bohemians or independent women, so his suspicions have fallen on the writer Crescy Hardwick. Fortunately, the local police call in Inspector Guy Northeast from Scotland Yard. The book was first published in 1941, and is set in 1939. WWII has just begun. Some of the male characters in their late twenties and early thirties have tried to enlist and been rejected, and are looking for ways to get into the services (which reminds me of Anthony Powell's The Kindly Ones, where Nicholas Jenkins is doing the same). People gather together to listen to Winston Churchill on the wireless. Recommended. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Young Inspector Northeast falls under the spell of an unconventional older woman novelist who is the chief suspect in a village murder. The Dog of the title is a pub, which is modeled after the pub in Oxfordshire frequented by the author during the Second World War. Set in the late fall of 1939 during the first anxious months of World War II, this is a fine example of the classic English detective novel. It marked the second and final appearance for Northeast. First published in 1941. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Note to anyone who might have a go at it: there are quite a few people involved, I had to make a list and wished that there was a cast of characters up front. More importantly, I was yearning for a pub map as the layout is important. There IS a map on page 63. Wish it had been in the early pages. ( )