| Duplicate Death |  | Author: Georgette Heyer
Publisher: Grafton
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 781192
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Impression
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
ISBN: 0586014071
EAN: 9780586014073
ASIN: 0586014071
Publication Date: February 19, 1970
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 DUPLICATE--but Original September 23, 2003
hacklehorn
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
A better detective story than others by this author we have read. Inspector Hemingway does a good job of discovering the persons who strangled a blackmailer / drug-dealer and his mistress. The identity of the first murderer comes as a distinct surprise, although the alert reader will latch onto the second murderer as soon as the Marriages and Legitimacy Act is mentioned. Several good red herrings, a nice use of the drug trade, and plenty of wit and amusing characters (Insp. Grant, Cynthia Haddington, Lord Guisborough) make this a memorable tale.
 A first-class murder mystery, with people you will warm to.. February 14, 2002
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you only know Georgette Heyer for her romantic historical novels, you are in for a treat. She also wrote witty and stylish detective novels, with characters you warm to from the start.A tennis party in an English village is followed by the discovery of a body. Everybody has an alibi, but somebody must be guilty. Is it the dead man's neice, who keeps house for him? Or perhaps the local solicitor, who resents the fact that the deceased has taken over many of his clients. Could it be the couple at the local farm, who are obviously hiding a guilty secret? Why is one man trying to get himself suspected of the murder? Add to this the suspicion that the dead man has been trying his hand at blackmail, and you have all the ingredients for a first-class murder mystery. Enter Georgette Heyer's Scotland Yard detectives, one of whom is determined to clear up the case before he goes on holiday! In the midst of all this activity, two young people have more romantic matters on their mind. Read, and enjoy!
 Very, very, dated and a plot that goes nowhere September 18, 2001
5 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book is littered with words like 'bounder' and 'comrade' and unlike all other Heyer books which generally age well this has not. I did not like any of the characters; and the murder plots were silly. In fact without giving away the plot you could never guess the 2nd murderer as his motive would be redundant today. Honestly even if you're a keen fan don't bother.
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