{"id":11263,"date":"2018-11-29T20:58:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T01:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=11263"},"modified":"2024-01-21T11:08:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T16:08:53","slug":"they-found-him-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/11263","title":{"rendered":"They Found Him Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

They Found Him Dead<\/a><\/em> (1937) Georgette Heyer<\/a><\/p>\n

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

This one I was pretty sure who the murderer, even if I couldn’t figure out why. Or quite how the second murder was managed. <\/p>\n

Silas Kane is found dead the day after his 60th birthday celebration. He’s survived by his mother, and a nephew and great-nephew, as well as partners who were wanting to take the business in another direction. <\/p>\n

So again, lots of potential murders. Especially since some of the people were rather awful.<\/p>\n

I do frightfully believe in keeping their little minds free from everything but happy, beautiful things, don\u2019t you?\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018A waste of time,\u2019 pronounced Agatha. \u2018Children are singularly heartless creatures.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018I think,\u2019 said Rosemary, as he went out, \u2018that as Clement\u2019s widow I am entitled to some consideration!\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018Considering you have just informed us all that you are in love with Mr Dermott, I think the less you say about being Clement\u2019s widow the better it will be!\u2019 retorted Miss Allison.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But again, I really liked the bits that secretly gave away hints to what the world was like at that time.<\/p>\n

Mrs Mansell had been to college in the days when such a distinction earned for a woman the title of Blue-Stocking and the right to think herself superior to her less fortunate sisters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

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