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Ladataan... Kuolema ja kalamiehet (1938)Tekijä: Cyril Hare
![]() - Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. While not on a par with Hare's finest works this was still a fine example of the "golden age" whodunnit. Inspector Mallett is on the case again, this time investigating the murder of a titled local landowner who revelled in his local unpopularity. As the novel unfolds we learn that he had seduced a local maiden and abandoned her in her subsequent pregnancy, and that he had blackmailed another woman into a long-term liaison with him. Meanwhile there is a plethora of potential suspects, including the members of a local fishing syndicate. The plotting is very tight, and all of the clues are there, but the eventual denouement comes as a complete shock. As ever, hare's prose is pellucid, and his characters immensely believable. Definitely worth reading This early entry in Hare's small output only features Inspector Mallett, not Francis Pettigrew. The background is a small and highly exclusive fly-fishing syndicate, all of whom may be implicated in the murder (on the river path where they do their fishing) of the unpopular local squire. Love and money are the two main possible motives. Mallett, as usual, is a highly likeable character, but the denouement probably won't be too surprising to the experienced detective-story reader. näyttää 4/4 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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Death is No Sportsman (1938) was the second crime novel by 'Cyril Hare', nom de plume of Alfred Gordon Clark and one of the best-loved names in English 'Golden Age' crime writing. The banks of the river Didder in the summertime appear idyllic: the sun is shining, the trout rising. But when the body of a local landowner is discovered, the peace of the countryside is shattered. It soon becomes apparent that quite a few local people disliked the deceased. Inspector Mallett is brought in from Scotland Yard to find the killer; and, though quick to disentangle the complex relationships linking suspects and victim, Mallett must master the subtleties of fly-fishing in order to uncover the incriminating evidence he seeks. 'A "fair play" thriller with no outrageously red herrings drawn across the trail.' Daily Mirror 'More than well worth reading.' Observer Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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I am glad that there was a map of the area at the beginning of the book, as I referred to it several times while reading. Also, it was nice that Inspector Mallett, being a Londoner, needed to have some aspects of fly fishing explained to him so that I the reader could learn them too. (