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Cargando... A Knife for Harry Dodd (1953)por George Bellairs
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This is an excellent entry from the Inspector Littlejohn series. Harry Dodd calls his mistress and her mother for help. He’s been out at the pub and doesn’t think he can make it home on his own. Fussing and complaining every step of the way the women pick him up and drive him home. Only then do they realize that poor Harry is dead from a knife wound in the back. The resulting story is somewhat complicated, with multiple murders and multiple suspects. I did manage to figure out about half of the solution, but large parts of the plot took me by surprise. Bellairs adds plenty of his usual humor and sort of shocking physical descriptions of the characters to this one. I really enjoyed it. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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At first, the women hadn't believed Dodd was dead. They had put him in his pyjamas, fixed up his wound with plaster and lint, and put him to bed. Then, they'd realised he had died quietly whilst in their hands. When Harry Dodd calls Dorothy Nicholls for a ride home from the pub, she and her mother think he's just had too much to drink. Little do they know that he's dying of a stab wound to the back. By the time they get him home, he's dead. Who would want to kill Harry Dodd? When Inspector Littlejohn is called in to investigate this murder, he uncovers the dark side of the power-hungry Dodd family. Perhaps Dodd's life was not as simple as it seemed... Bogged down with jealousy, greed, and spurned lovers, Littlejohn has more suspects than he can handle. And as the body count rises, it seems there might be more than one murderer in his midst... A Knife for Harry Dodd was first published in 1953. A Knife for Harry Dodd is the fifth title in Agora's Inspector Littlejohn Mysteries. About Inspector Littlejohn Inspector Thomas Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is a shrewd yet courteous sleuth who splits his time between quaint English villages, the scenic Isle of Man and French Provinces. With a sharp tongue and a dry sense of humour, Littlejohn approaches his work with poise and confidence, shifting through red-herrings and solving even the most perplexing of cases. Reviews'One of the subtlest and wittiest practitioners of the simon-pure British detective story' - The New York Times'Mr Bellairs always gives good value' - The Sunday Times'Pure British detective story' - The New York Times'Head and shoulders above the average of our day.' - Madison Capital Times No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Inspector Littlejohn and Cromwell of Scotland Yard are called in to investigate.
An enjoyable well-written mystery, with some twists to get to the solution but also contains a set of unlikeable people called the Dodds' family. With an easy to read writing style.
Original written in 1953
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