Duplicate Death

Duplicate Death

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Summary

A civilised game of Duplicate Bridge ends in a double murder in which both victims were strangled with a tourniquet of picture wire. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? The odds of solving this crime are stacked up against Inspector Hemingway. Fortunately, this first-rate detective doesn't miss a trick.

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Duplicate Death by Georgette Heyer

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 fiancé – 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
'Rarely have we seen humour and mystery so perfectly blended' * New York Times *
'Sharp, clear and witty' * The New Yorker *
'The wittiest of detective writers' * Daily Mail *
Author 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.
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ISBN 13 9780099493754
ISBN 10 0099493756
Title Duplicate Death
Author Georgette Heyer
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cornerstone
Year published 2006-09-07
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.