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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Alternate title - "They Found Me Bored". I'll give the author this, she was very competent at using 15 words when 2 would do. I'm not sure I'll read anything more by this author.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Life at Cliff House is disrupted when, the morning after his 60th birthday, Silas Kane is found dead at the bottom of a cliff. Though ruled an accident, suspicions linger, especially given the ongoing debate within the net manufacturing firm Kane and Mansell over whether to undertake a risky expansion into the Australian market. But when a second member of the family turns up dead, any questions of misadventure are dispelled by the bullet hole in the victim’s head. Now Scotland Yard is on the case, but with both an inheritance and a major business deal at stake, evidence mounts that the murderer may not have completed their task.
Ever since my happy introduction to the “Inspectors Hannasyde and Hemingway” series with Envious Casca, I have nurtured a growing interest in Georgette Heyer’s mystery novels. This interest was nearly derailed by Footsteps in the Dark, as it made tackling the stack of her works that I had accumulated suddenly unpleasant. Fortunately this book put me right back on track while also helping me to appreciate further what it is that I enjoy about her mysteries. Though ostensibly part of a series featuring the eponymous CID detectives, it has taken me until now to realize that what makes her novels so enjoyable is not the activities of the coppers but the depiction of the characters that they are investigating. It may be that the time she spent developing such a unique cast of characters every time – as opposed to having her already-developed detectives take up the burden of the narrative focus – explains why she wrote only a dozen detective novels over her long and prolific career. Sadly, that only gives me a few left to enjoy from one of the best from the golden age of British detective fiction.
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I somehow never knew that Heyer wrote mysteries and randomly saw this one in the New Books section at the library due to its being released in a new edition. Nothing mindblowing but certainly an easy, amusing read on a sunny afternoon.
Re-reading. I watched an Agatha Christie movie and I was feeling nostalgic for the old greats of mystery: Agatha, Georgette Heyer, Conan Doyle, and Dorothy Sayers.
This one is mediocre. The characters are well drawn and comic but it is a slow start.
This one is mediocre. The characters are well drawn and comic but it is a slow start.
Lots of things going on in this mystery. Long list of suspects, lots of quirky characters (of course), lots of action, great dialogue, and typical British dry wit, all wrapped up in the traditional English country setting. Oh, and let's not forget the humour provided by the youngest character. I liked a lot of the characters, and even the ones I didn't like I found entertaining. Good mystery overall.
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
Enjoyable whodunnit, with lots of twits and lots of lovely dialogue. I guessed the murderer, but had my doubts!
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes