Death in the Stocks

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Summary: Classic Georgette Heyer Mystery!
Review: Sibling Rivalry

The moonlight shone on hte quiet villag green and on a man's two motionless feet stuck through the holes of a pair of stocks. Wealthy Arnold Vereker had been murdered, and every member of his eccentric family had a motive- money. Was it his half-sister Antonia , whose marriage he had forbidden, or her embezzling lover? Could it have been Arnold's half-brother Kenneth, heir apparent, or perhaps it was the delectible beauty, Violet Williams? And then there was Roger, his "dead" brother, who appeared right after the murder? It must be someone- attractive Inspector Hannasyde kept telling himself in one of his most puzzling cases ever.

One of England's greatest treasures, Georgette Heyer turns to mystery with results as irresistible as her fabulous romances.

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Summary: Excellent! You'll read it many times.
Review: This book is funny and clever. As in most of her novels, mystery and romance, Heyer writes wonderful characters and gives them entertaining dialogue. As an added bonus the mystery keeps you guessing, too. This is a book that is hard to put down and one you will find yourself reading again. Special note: some of the characters in this book reappear in Heyer's Behold, Here's Poison.

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Summary: Death in the Stocks
Review: This is a good book in the Heyer mystery collection. It is written like many of her other mysteries with increasingly higher levels of suspence which make you want to finish the book before you can put it down. The biggest question is why the body is found in the stocks, and who put him there? And like most of her mysteries, there is romance. But mostly there is just a lot of good humor and a murder.