{"id":27297,"date":"2026-07-23T07:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=27297"},"modified":"2026-09-13T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T14:07:08","slug":"no-wind-of-blame-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/27297","title":{"rendered":"No Wind of Blame"},"content":{"rendered":"

No Wind of Blame<\/em><\/a> (1939) Georgette Heyer<\/a> (Inspector Hemingway #1)<\/p>\n

\"No<\/a><\/p>\n

She was a large woman, who had enjoyed, in youth, the advantages of golden hair and a pink-and-white complexion. Time had committed some ravages with both these adjuncts, but a lavish use of peroxide and the productions of a famous beauty specialist really worked wonders.
\n…
\nArtificial light was kinder to her than the daylight, but she never allowed this tiresome fact to worry her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018Well, I\u2019m sorry you\u2019re so set against Alexis, Wally, but honestly he doesn\u2019t speak foreign.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

‘She\u2019s got under God-Control, or something, and she says what the world needs is God-guided citizens, and if you learn Absolute Love you don\u2019t mind about Ermyntrude\u2019s accent, or Wally Carter\u2019s habits.\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018Gone Groupy, has she?\u2019 said Hugh. \u2018How rotten for Tom!\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018Well, it is rather, because Connie\u2019s started forgiving him for all sorts of things he never knew he\u2019d done.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018It seems to me,\u2019 said Wally, with a good deal of asperity, \u2018that all you learned at that precious finishing-school of yours was to snoop round listening at keyholes. You may think that a smart thing to do, but let me tell you that it isn\u2019t at all the clean potato.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Vicky, who had cast herself down on the sofa, raised her face from her hands, and demanded: \u2018Why don\u2019t you say something?\u2019 <\/p>\n

\u2018I haven\u2019t had time to learn my part, miss,\u2019 replied the Inspector promptly. <\/p>\n

\u2018Inspector, it\u2019s a privilege to know you!\u2019 said Hugh.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Mrs Ermyntrude (Fanshawe) Carter, Mary Cliffe, Wally Carter, Vicky Fanshawe, Harold White, Alan and Janet White, Hugh Dering, Sir William Dering, Lady Ruth Dering, Connie Bawtry, Tom Bawtry, Robert Steel, Prince Alexis Feodor Gregorovitch Varasashvili, Dr Maurice Chester, Percy Baker, Samuel Jones, Dr Hinchcliffe, Peake, Mrs Peake, Inspector Hemingway, Superintendent Hannasyde, Inspector Cook, Superintendent Small, Sergeant Wake, Jupp, Florence Florrie Benson<\/p>\n

Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No Wind of Blame (1939) Georgette Heyer (Inspector Hemingway #1) She was a large woman, who had enjoyed, in youth, the advantages of golden hair and a pink-and-white complexion. Time had committed some ravages with both these adjuncts, but a lavish use of peroxide and the productions of a famous beauty specialist really worked wonders. 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