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Saturday, March 31, 2018

Bats in the Belfry - a London Mystery by E.C.R. LORAC



I love the British Library Crime Classics because all the detectives are clever, suave, well balanced men. All the sergeants are heart of gold, plods who do their work wonderfully well. It all evens out in the end! This one was a corker.

Bruce was a promising literary star, but his shine fizzled out and he was overshadowed by his wife Sybilla who after some years was fed up with him but was never willing to do anything about his philandering ways. Not that she was a saint either but each knew that the other would not make the first move.

When Bruce on a sudden overnight trip  vanishes without trace and his suitcase along with his passport is discovered in a decrepit building the search commences. Everyone of his friends are suspect, his wife cannot be found for a couple of days and there are various suspects which keep popping up. But then they all die, and those that are suspect have extremely good alibis because they have been coshed and are in hospital!

A very convoluted drama of a murder mystery with the reasoning behind the murder so complicated that it is almost genius if he could have pulled it off.

Sent to me by Netgalley for an unbiased review, courtesy of Poisoned  Pen Press.


8 comments:

  1. I do love British mysteries but I'm not so sure about the convoluted part.

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  2. Those are the detectives that I like too

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  3. Sounds interesting. I like mysteries that are convoluted so I might like this one.

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  4. You are right about the characters in these books. I miss such characters in novels. And in real life.

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  5. I love the cover and think I'd enjoy this book.

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  6. I like British mysteries, especially one with detectives who are clever, suave, well balanced men!

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  7. You know, I've never heard of the British Crime Classics series? I need to check this out!

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