Death in the Stocks
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Death in the Stocks

by Georgette Heyer

1935•Mystery•286 pages

Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimehistoricalfresh & originalintricatelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads

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Boxlist takeExpect a contained, intricate mystery, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

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4.2 / 5

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About This Book

Inspectors Hannasyde & Hemingway #1 The moonlight shone on the quiet village green when an English bobbie returning from night patrol finds on a man's two motionless feet stuck through the holes of a pair of stocks. He identifies the corpse in evening dress immediately. Wealthy Andrew Vereker was not a well-loved man, and when he was found stabbed, no one seemed to be particularly disturbed.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

MysteryDetectiveCrimeHistoricalSolving the riddle/not as it seemsTroubled leads

Subjects

1930sContemporaryPolicePolice in fictionSuspenseEngland

Details

Author
Georgette Heyer
Published
1935
Pages
286
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