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Panther (1964), Mass Market Paperback
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Classic Literature. Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML: They all wanted him dead...but which one turned hatred into murder? Slumped on a seat under an oak tree is local solicitor Sampson Warrenby, stone cold dead, with a bullet in his brain. And everybody in the village seems ready to tell Chief Inspector Hemingway who murdered him. Could the killer have been the dead man's niece, who found him in the first place? The couple at the farm had a guilty secret�??what was it? And why is it someone else actually wants to be the prime suspect? Detection is unlimited when everyone in the tiny village has a theory about who murdered the socially pushy newcomer. With no shortage of motives and means, it's up to Chief Inspector Hemingway to uncover which of the villagers is guilt of the crime. A classic country house mystery, perfect for readers of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers!… (more)
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LibraryThing member ChocolateMuse
One thing I like about Heyer's mysteries is the way her characters are believable, yet unrealistic. I think 'theatrical' is the best way to describe them. The characters walk in and take over - very few ordinary people make their way into Heyer's world. It's delightful.
It's your basic whodunnit
It's your basic whodunnit
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set-up, not dissimilar to something by Agatha Christie. Murder happens, and the reader suspects one character after another, all of them with their own secrets, relationships and personalities. I knew who did it all along, from the last time I read it, but discovering the murderer's identity is not why I read a Heyer mystery. Show Less
LibraryThing member Riyale
Smart, witty, humorous. A delight to read. Georgette Heyer mysteries never disappoint.
LibraryThing member atimco
No one in sleepy little Thornden cares much for the pushy new lawyer Sampson Warrenby — but who has enough reason to murder him? Georgette Heyer delights readers again in Detection Unlimited, so titled because when murder happens in a small village, everyone becomes a detective with theories and
Chief Inspector Hemingway is brightly intelligent, witty, nervy, and equal to the daunting task at hand (though he rails at his own dullness when he finally cracks the case). The murderer is ingenious, planning the murder to be discovered when most of the principal citizens would lack an alibi. But the motive is the thing, and despite the general dislike of Warrenby, it takes more than animosity to make a murder.
Heyer's gift for characterization never flags. She is also just downright funny. Hemingway's setdowns of Harbottle, descriptions of Biggleswade, the Pekes, Hemingway's being bowled over by the Ditchlings, and Miss Patterdale's comment on overhearing her niece being proposed to ("Well, if that's a proposal I'm glad I never received one!") are all very amusing amidst a slightly grim setting. I'd reread this one.
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suspects and motives. And each is wilder than the last.Chief Inspector Hemingway is brightly intelligent, witty, nervy, and equal to the daunting task at hand (though he rails at his own dullness when he finally cracks the case). The murderer is ingenious, planning the murder to be discovered when most of the principal citizens would lack an alibi. But the motive is the thing, and despite the general dislike of Warrenby, it takes more than animosity to make a murder.
Heyer's gift for characterization never flags. She is also just downright funny. Hemingway's setdowns of Harbottle, descriptions of Biggleswade, the Pekes, Hemingway's being bowled over by the Ditchlings, and Miss Patterdale's comment on overhearing her niece being proposed to ("Well, if that's a proposal I'm glad I never received one!") are all very amusing amidst a slightly grim setting. I'd reread this one.
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LibraryThing member riverwillow
Sampson Warrenby is not liked in the village, he is ambitious and greedy so there are plenty of suspects when he is discovered shot dead in his garden. This is an ingenious murder mystery from Heyer with several read herrings and a satisfying conclusion, plus several well-observed and funny
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exchanges of dialogue. Bliss! Show Less
LibraryThing member antiquary
On the whle, I find Heyer's mysteries less interesting than her Regency romances, though my brother feels the reverse.
LibraryThing member phyllis2779
Didn't like this one as much as Duplicate Death. The beginning was kind of boring but the mystery was good, the characters interesting, and the solution pretty well done. Heyer fleshes out her characters so that you can really picture them, even when she is writing about types, e.g., the old gadger.
LibraryThing member Black_samvara
Murder mystery with an established and charming detective that made the whole thing worthwhile. Pekingese! Mysterious death! Have been introduced to the crime of wastage whereby you squander the wealth of an entailed estate in order to not pass it on to the heir. Still like the romances more.
LibraryThing member JBD1
This one took some getting into. It dragged a whole lot and there wasn't ever much development of the characters. Got a little more exciting in the end, but not one of Heyer's best.
LibraryThing member moonflowerdragon
I enjoyed the mystery and its solving. The narration was mostly good, but some of the voice characterisations seemed off, to me... too ?robotic?tinny? perhaps going for brusque and snappy as they were given to military sorts, but the pitch was too high and sharp to be quite right for the
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1953
Physical description
223 p.; 17.7 cm
Local notes
Omslag: Ikke angivet
Omslaget forestiller et brev og et kranie set i profil.
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Omslaget forestiller et brev og et kranie set i profil.
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
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Pages
223
DDC/MDS
| 823.912 |