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OverviewDouble the murder means double the stakes in Georgette Heyer's classic crime story. Double the murder means double the stakes in Georgette Heyer's classic crime story. ______________________ Inspector Hemingway has his work cut out for him when a seemingly civilized card game ends in a double murder. The two crimes appear identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? When Timothy Harte's young fiance - a put-upon secretary and suspected gold digger - becomes the inspector's prime suspect, Harte is determined to prove her innocence. But when he starts digging into her past, he finds it's more than a little bit shady... _____________________________ 'A fabulous, witty writer' Stephen Fry 'Georgette Heyer is second to none' Sunday Times 'A writer of great style' The Telegraph 'Heyer's characters and dialogue are a delight' Dorothy L. Sayers Full Product DetailsAuthor: Georgette Heyer (Author)Publisher: Cornerstone Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.234kg ISBN: 9780099493754ISBN 10: 0099493756 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 07 September 2006 Recommended Age: From 0 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews'The wittiest of detective writers' * Daily Mail * 'Sharp, clear and witty' * The New Yorker * 'Rarely have we seen humour and mystery so perfectly blended' * New York Times * 'Heyer's characters and dialogue are an abiding delight to me ... I have seldom met people to whom I have taken so violent a fancy from the word Go ' * Dorothy L. Sayers * 'Sharp, clear and witty' * The New Yorker * 'Rarely have we seen humour and mystery so perfectly blended' * New York Times * 'We had better start ranking Heyer alongside such incomparable whodunit authors as Christie, Marsh, Tey and Allingham' * San Francisco Chronicle * Praise for Georgette Heyer's mystery novels: Praise for Georgette Heyer's mystery novels: 'We had better start ranking Heyer alongside such incomparable whodunit authors as Christie, Marsh, Tey and Allingham' San Francisco Chronicle 'Rarely have we seen humour and mystery so perfectly blended' New York Times 'Sharp, clear and witty' The New Yorker 'Heyer's characters and dialogue are an abiding delight to me ... I have seldom met people to whom I have taken so violent a fancy from the word Go ' Dorothy L. Sayers Author InformationAuthor of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |