{"id":11260,"date":"2018-11-28T20:37:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T01:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=11260"},"modified":"2024-01-21T11:06:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:06:21","slug":"behold-heres-poison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/11260","title":{"rendered":"Behold, Here’s Poison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Behold, Here’s Poison<\/a><\/em> (1936) Georgette Heyer<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The second Inspector Hannasyde mystery.<\/p>\n

Gregory Matthews is found dead in his bed one morning, with a terrible look up on his face. Everyone assumes it’s a natural death, except for his sister who insists upon an autopsy.<\/p>\n

The list of possible culprits is quite large, especially since two characters, Miss Harriet Matthews and Mrs. Zoe Matthews (niece-in-law to Gregory) are unable to act like normal humans.<\/p>\n

\u2018one comfort is that Aunt Harriet can\u2019t live for ever.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018That kind of person nearly always does,\u2019 said Mrs Matthews, forgetting for the moment to be Christian. \u2018She\u2019ll go on and on, getting more eccentric every day.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We have a tray brought into the drawing-room at ten o\u2019clock. I myself think it\u2019s entirely unnecessary, and simply encourages young people to sit up late, drinking and smoking, and wasting the electricity.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There is, as the book was written in the 1930s a fair amount of sexism, even in a book written by a woman.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m not surprised her husband looked so uncomfortable. More shame to him, letting her run riot the way she does!\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But as those were the times, it’s not unexpected. Just a reminder of how things used to be.<\/p>\n

And some amusing bits.<\/p>\n

‘Bit of womanly intuition, if you ask me. Funny things, women.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018You don\u2019t believe in that, do you?\u2019 asked the Inspector scornfully. <\/p>\n

The Sergeant looked at him with a penetrating eye. \u2018You a married man, Inspector?\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m not.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018That was what you call a rhetorical question,\u2019 said the Sergeant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s interesting, and I find the time period fascinating, as the world was still changing rapidly. The mystery actually was a surprise, since there were plenty of people who had grounds for being unhappy with the victim.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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