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An Author Bites the Dust by Arthur W. Upfield. A literary clique is gathered together at a house party put on by Mervyn Blake. Blake is a famous author and critic who is used to character assassination and verbal backstabbing. The house party is shocked when an actual assassination takes place and their host if found dead in his writing room. The cause of death is not immediately apparent. Detective Inspector Bonaparte finds himself in a world that is a far cry from the bush characters he is used to and must find clues among the literary hates and jealousies. It is Bony's shrewd observation of human nature that will win the day.
Read Since the Last WWW: Wednesday (click titles for reviews):
The Innocent Bottle by Anthony Gilbert
The New Adventures of Ellery Queen by Ellery Queen
My Foe Outstretch'd Beneath the Tree by V. C. Clinton-Baddeley
The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Third Girl by Agatha Christie
The Porcupine by Julian Barnes
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
Behold, Here's Poison by Georgette Heyer
Victorian Tales of Mystery & Detection by Michael Cox (ed)
Death of a Doxy by Rex Stout
Up Next:
Intruder in the Dust by William Faulkner
Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lillian Jackson Braun
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov
Wow, you've been reading a LOT!
ReplyDeleteI'm sick so I'm not that productive this week =/
Just so you know...this is two weeks worth. I wasn't up to posting (and had no computer in the hospital anyway) last Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteNice list of books for the last couple of weeks!
ReplyDeleteGreat list of books :) Happy reading!
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