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A bit of a delicious throwback, in many senses of the word. For starters, we have a weekend house party, that hallmark of Golden Age crime-fiction, and apparently still going strong in 1970, when this book was first published. The party is in honor of a certain Lady Balaclava, herself something of a hallmark of the Golden Age, and still, yes, going strong. Well, at least until midway through the festivities, when she keels over, having apparently been poisoned. The most obvious suspects are show more her Ladyship's daughters and their (suspiciously foreign) husbands: Leave it to Henry Tibbett to head off to the Continent, there to check on the daughters' alibis and, once again, establish his bona fides as Scotland Yard's most peripatetic detective. show lessTags
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An absolute treat to read -- great British detective fiction: Tibbett has come up against "the perfect murder" and his personal reputation is on the line.
"This must be the most peculiar job you've ever had, darling" -- Emmy Tibbett to Chief Superintendent Tibbett.
"This must be the most peculiar job you've ever had, darling" -- Emmy Tibbett to Chief Superintendent Tibbett.
I loved this book. The characters were intriguing, as good as an Agathsa Christie line up. Set in England was #8(?) in the Inspector Tibbetts sees. Will definitely read more Patrica Moyes, perhaps starting with the first in the series.
Interesting characters and situation, let down by an unsatisfactory resolution.
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- Canonical title
- Many Deadly Returns
- Original title
- Who Saw Her Die?
- Alternate titles
- Many Deadly Returns
- Original publication date
- 1970
- People/Characters
- Henry Tibbett (Inspector); Emmy Tibbett; Crystal Balaclava; Edouard Duval; Primrose Duval; Daffodil Swasheimer (show all 11); Chuck Swasheimer; Warren Swasheimer; Violet van der Hoven; Piet van der Hoven; Dolly Underwood-Threep
- Important places
- Paris, France; London, England, UK; The Netherlands
- Dedication
- For Pierre Dorolle
- First words*
- It was not a large apartment, but it was full of sunshine and furnished with slightly austere good taste, and its big picture window looked out over a sweeping view across Lake Geneva to the mountains beyond.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) They have much pleasure in accepting, and will bring no flowers, by request.
- Blurbers
- Winks, Robin W.; Phillips, Pat
- Disambiguation notice
- Published in England under the title of Who Saw Her Die.
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