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A review by slferg
Frequent Hearses by Edmund Crispin
4.0
I love Edmund Crispin's books. I was rather surprised when I learned a few years back that he was a composer - but that is all beside the point.
The title for this book comes from a poem of Pope's. Fen is a literary consultant for a movie being made about Pope and his supposed relationship with a young woman who committed suicide. As he is walking to the studio from the nearby town he is accosted by the Scotland Yard inspector for directions to the studio. The inspector doesn't recognize him at first because he has is reading a book by Henry James as he walks. The inspector has come because someone from the studio phoned him and told him they recognized the picture of a girl who had committed suicide. Fen helps him to find Judy at the studio to learn about the girl who went by Gloria Scott. When the police went to her apartment, they found everything with her name on it removed. Why did no one want them to know who the girl was?
The title for this book comes from a poem of Pope's. Fen is a literary consultant for a movie being made about Pope and his supposed relationship with a young woman who committed suicide. As he is walking to the studio from the nearby town he is accosted by the Scotland Yard inspector for directions to the studio. The inspector doesn't recognize him at first because he has is reading a book by Henry James as he walks. The inspector has come because someone from the studio phoned him and told him they recognized the picture of a girl who had committed suicide. Fen helps him to find Judy at the studio to learn about the girl who went by Gloria Scott. When the police went to her apartment, they found everything with her name on it removed. Why did no one want them to know who the girl was?