They Found Him Dead

They Found Him Dead (1937) Georgette Heyer (Inspector Hannasyde #3)

Set in England in 1937

Clement, who was a partner in the firm of Kane and Mansell, was a man of considerable substance and, since he was heir to his uncle’s private possessions, a man of large expectations also. Miss Allison supposed that Rosemary must have married him for these reasons, for there did not seem to be any other.

Betty Pemble, reinforcing her own arguments by the pronouncements of a host of sages somewhat vaguely referred to by her under the general title of People, set about the formidable task of convincing two stalwarts of the Victorian age that they did not understand children’s little minds.

Timothy looked severely from her to Pritchard, and said with a marked nasal intonation: ‘Say, sister, get wise to this! You can’t put nothin’ across on me!’

‘Say, brother,’ retorted Miss Allison, not to be outdone, ‘let me advise you to scram!’

Characters: Silas Kane, Emily Kane, Jim Kane, Miss Patricia Allison, Mr Timothy Harte, Sir Adrian Harte, Lady Norma Harte, Clement Kane, Rosemary Kane, Mr Trevor Dermott, Joseph Mansell, Agatha Mansell, Paul Mansell, Clive Pemble, Betty Pemble, Jennifer and Peter Pemble, Oscar Roberts, Jane Ogle, Pritchard, Detective-Superintendent Hannasyde, Sergeant Hemingway, Inspector Carlton, Sergeant Trotter, Maud & Edwin Leighton, Mr Bert Wilson

Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark

Rating: 8/10

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