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ccgwalt 's review for:
Death in the Stocks
by Georgette Heyer
I have to admit that although I am a huge fan of Heyer's historicals, I am very blah about her detective stories. This is the second one I've read in the Hannasyde/Hemingway series, and they seem to be populated by fatuous 20-somethings being willfully obtuse, and arrogant older adults being willfully obstructive and arrogant. This book and Behold, Here's Poison, were so-so. For one thing, in both the books Hannasyde doesn't actually solve the murder, someone else does. That was more apparent in this book, where Hannasyde is not only not the main character, but plays a relatively small role overall. I figured out the murderer early on.
Heyer was an observer of people, and since these books were written in the 1920's as contemporary fiction, one must assume this is how she viewed the people around her. These books are much more like small, satirical, often witty vignettes of people under pressure than detective stories. Plus Heyer has a thing for cousin marriages. Was that still so common in the '20s?
I've read a couple other mysteries by Heyer that I liked better: Why Shoot the Butler and Footsteps in the Dark.
Heyer was an observer of people, and since these books were written in the 1920's as contemporary fiction, one must assume this is how she viewed the people around her. These books are much more like small, satirical, often witty vignettes of people under pressure than detective stories. Plus Heyer has a thing for cousin marriages. Was that still so common in the '20s?
I've read a couple other mysteries by Heyer that I liked better: Why Shoot the Butler and Footsteps in the Dark.