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Behold, Here's Poison
Georgette Heyer
#UC8742
Paperback, 329 pages; 2009 (1936)
$13.99
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"Were you surprised, Mr. Matthews?"
"Would not you be?" said Randall.
"I think I should—if I knew of no one who could have had any motive for the murder."
Randall smiled, and answered rather mockingly:
"Ah, I think you must be referring to—er—family dissensions. Which of my relatives would you like me to incriminate by some damaging statement? I have hardly any preference."
On the day Gregory Matthews is found dead in his bed, his family scarcely has time to mourn. They're too busy bickering over his estate and playing his death for sympathy. But when his overbearing sister suggests Gregory was poisoned, the rest of the family's hopes for a quiet burial and quick reading of the will are dashed. Inspector Hannasyde of Scotland Yard launches an investigation, and quickly discovers that, while the Matthews family members have plenty of motives for murder, they have very few alibis. Sparkling with wit and populated by a clan of oh-so-British characters, Behold, Here's Poison is a delightfully engaging whodunit.
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