The Curious Affair of the Third Dog

by Patricia Moyes

Inspector Henry Tibbett Mysteries (11)

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One of the oddities of Golden Age fiction was its fixation on the occult and the generally weird-ancient gypsy curses, haunted burial grounds, etc. It's therefore something of a relief to settle in with the refreshingly literal Ms. Moyes: When a title refers to a third dog, we are not talking about some metaphysical barking: There were three dogs and now one is missing. Up in arms about this is Emmy Tibbett's sister Jane, a stalwart of the animal-rights movement and a trial to the other show more locals, who are a lot more concerned with the fact that one of their number has recently been hauled off to prison for the minor crime of having killed someone while drunk. Happily, Henry Tibbett soon shows up to connect the two and restore order to the village ... though not before being forced to dress in drag. show less

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Chief Inspector Henry Tibbett and his wife, Emmy, look forward to a peaceful vacation while visiting Emily's sister in the country village of Gorsemere. However, an emergency phone call involves Henry is a search for a missing dog and quite unexpectedly leads him into a baffling web of crime. A series of seemingly unrelated events--a local man's accidental act of murder, a shootout in a London stadium, and some scandalous behavior among England's nobility--draws Henry into the sinister behind-the-scenes world of dog racing, where the deadly seriousness of the big-money stakes provokes a lethal confrontation.

I really liked this book. I love this author and can't find her books in print anymore. This one was worth the search. It was full show more of twists that kept you guessing. Highly recommended. show less
This a series worth reading. The writing is very good and the settings, mostly England, are beautiful. The main character is no nonsense with a great Brit name Henry Tibbetts! I will add the rest of the series to my to read list. There are ~20 more! Patricia Moyes passed in 2006? I think, but there is a lot to still read.

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Canonical title*
Kolmannen koiran kummallinen tapaus
Original title
The Curious Affair of the Third Dog
Original publication date
1973
People/Characters
Henry Tibbett ; Emmy Tibbett; Jane Spence; Bill Spence; Calypso Smith; Reverend Thacker (show all 11); Marlene Lawson; Simon Yateley; Bella Yateley; Albert Pennington; Sergeant Reynolds
Important places
London, England, UK; Gorsemere, England, UK (fictional)
Dedication
To my sister, Barbara Nicholson, who is the RSPCA representative in a village which is nothing like Gorsemere
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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
LCC
PR6063 .O9 .C8Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000
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