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The plump, middle-aged and ever-optimistic Inspector Gabriel Hanaud features in A.E.W. Mason's last detective fiction. Set amid the acrid smog of London, a little affair threatens to become a big affair with deadly consequences. This is a classic Hanaud thriller that will not fail to delight crime fans everywhere.Tags
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This final instalment in the Inspector Hanuad series pales in comparison to the earlier books.
Hanuad and his friend Mr Ricardo are entertaining characters, but the rest of the cast and the lacklustre plot are another matter.
The humour, mainly that of Hanuad mixing up his English idioms, and Ricardo’s sense of self-importance, is why I’ve rated this two stars instead of one.
If I’d not enjoyed the previous works in the series I would’ve stopped reading early on.
Hanuad and his friend Mr Ricardo are entertaining characters, but the rest of the cast and the lacklustre plot are another matter.
The humour, mainly that of Hanuad mixing up his English idioms, and Ricardo’s sense of self-importance, is why I’ve rated this two stars instead of one.
If I’d not enjoyed the previous works in the series I would’ve stopped reading early on.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The House in Lordship Lane
- Original title
- The House in Lordship Lane
- Original publication date
- 1946
- People/Characters
- Hanaud
- First words
- Mr. Ricardo sat on an iron chair at an iron table outside a Bar and drank with his coffee a sweet and heady liqueur.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He answered: "I am all Sir Garnet."
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- Members
- 37
- Popularity
- 778,581
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.33)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 2
