I Read Books: No Wind of Blame
The second husband of a rich ex-actress is murdered. There are a cast of suspects of varying degrees of terribleness. There’s a slightly impractical gadget. There’s a discussion of wills and inheritances and motives. Two couples get together.
This is a very funny golden age mystery from Georgette Heyer. And having said that there’s a few flaws – despite an international angle in the person of an exiled Russian Prince and a Scotland Yard detective brought out in the countryside, there’s little acknowledgement of the outside world. Or rather, there’s only enough of it to impinge on fashion and money. Which is fine! But it was published in 1939, and the outside world is going to make itself known. It’s a bit of unintended dramatic irony.
Read This: For a fun murder mystery, with a sharp eye for snobbery and class distinctions
Don’t Read This: If horrible people behaving badly and being killed is not your cup of tea
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