I'm surprised how well she tackles homosexuality & homophobia this time around (earlier books GH has seemed quite naive) & (view spoiler) I am to have a lot of questions for the British members of the Reading the Detectives Group when they catch up to me - due to a complete brain fart, I've read this earlier than the rest of the group. I love GH's mysteries but other than I don't remember them as well as her romances/historicals.Īs well as a most ingenious murder method (& a title that is a play on both the social activity & the number of deaths) & engaging, vivid characters this is interesting as a slice of life in post war Britain, which GH handles without any sentimentality. No one could forget Terrible Timothy, but I was a bit confused by the other relationships. This one had the welcome return of the Harte family from & I think I would have enjoyed it more if it hadn't been so long since I had read that book. I believe she really enjoyed working with her husband on these light, fun novels but the Rougiers lack of understanding of the British taxation system (& the strong minded Heyer's reluctance to take advice from anyone!) meant they were constantly in financial difficulty - & her Regencies paid better. GH wrote this, one of her her final mysteries, after a break of ten years. This one had the welcome return of the Harte family from & I think I would have enjoyed it more if it hadn't been s 4.5★ Fortunately, the first-rate detective doesn’t miss a trick.moreĤ.5★ GH wrote this, one of her her final mysteries, after a break of ten years. Haddington, the second victim, is found strangled in the exact same spot where one of her daughter's many suitors had also been strangled. But very simple for a young lady like Beulah to arrange. A horrible death, observed the Inspector. They found him slumped in a chair-his handsome head lolling forward on his well-cut dinner jacket-his florid face hideously distorted. And at the party, she was the last to see him alive. Before supper, she had spit out her hatred for the victim in poisonous-and public-words. That morning, Miss Beulah bought the weapon. Kane is determined to prove the lady's innocence-but when he begins digging into her past, he finds it's more than a little bit shady. Things become even more complicated when Miss Beulah Birtley, the fiancée of the inspector's young friend Timothy Kane, becomes Hemingway's prime suspect. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? And, what was the connection between the first, a mysterious man of the world, and the second, an ambitious widow? Inspector Hemingway has his work cut out for him, and the odds of solving this crime are stacked up against him. Suddenly, the seemingly civilized game of Duplicate Bridge is interrupted by a double murder, both victims murdered by the same sinister method, strangled with picture wire. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? And, what was the connection between the first, a mysteri London is the scene for a card party given by a social-climbing hostess. In fact, you can view entire documents in the Preview screen without actually having to open them, so it's easy to see what you want to delete and what you want to keep.London is the scene for a card party given by a social-climbing hostess. Even getting back files deleted by accident is convenient, as everything the program removes goes to the Trash, but not off your computer until you empty it.įull previews: When you're viewing the results of a scan, you get more than just a list of filenames. You can also go through duplicates individually to see which you want to delete, or you can use the Auto Select feature to let the program do the work for you and further expedite the process. The scans take very little time, and you can add folders in whatever way is most efficient for you, including drag-and-drop and direct browsing. Quick and efficient functioning: Everything this program does, it does quickly. Just add a folder to this program to see how many duplicates there are, and then remove the ones you choose to with just a few clicks. Duplicate Detective quickly finds and removes duplicate files from various locations on your computer, so you can reclaim the space they're taking up.
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