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A review by holtfan
Behold, Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer
4.0
As Sergeant Hemingway might say, 'good psychology!'
Maybe three stars for the actual murder but a fourth for the characters. I always delight in finding Heyer's traditional characters in different settings. And in her detective fiction, they are not only in a different setting...they are just a bit more unlikable.
Which I love.
The characters all have motive--no matter how slight--for doing away with their unlikable relative. And now he is dead. As the police dig deeper, even the ones without motive gain motive.
I honestly quite enjoyed this book up until the end. The murderer felt a bit too much like a stretch. And the romance did not tie up quite as perfectly as I wished. But I still jumped right in shipping characters and suspecting motives and enjoying all the personalities that emerged. So worth it in the end. I'd re-read it.
Maybe three stars for the actual murder but a fourth for the characters. I always delight in finding Heyer's traditional characters in different settings. And in her detective fiction, they are not only in a different setting...they are just a bit more unlikable.
Which I love.
The characters all have motive--no matter how slight--for doing away with their unlikable relative. And now he is dead. As the police dig deeper, even the ones without motive gain motive.
I honestly quite enjoyed this book up until the end. The murderer felt a bit too much like a stretch. And the romance did not tie up quite as perfectly as I wished. But I still jumped right in shipping characters and suspecting motives and enjoying all the personalities that emerged. So worth it in the end. I'd re-read it.