Duplicate Death (Country House Mysteries, 11)

Duplicate Death (Country House Mysteries, 11) by Heyer, Georgette. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781402218040.

Double the murder means double the stakes in this Golden Age mystery from Georgette Heyer Inspector Hemingway has his work cut out for him when a seemingly civilized game of Duplicate Bridge leads to a double murder. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? Things become even more complicated when the fiancée of the inspectors young friend Timothy Kane becomes Hemingways prime suspect. Kane is determined to prove the ladys innocence―but when he begins digging into her past, he finds its more than a little bit shady… Classic country house mystery, perfect for readers of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers! "Ranks alongside such incomparable whodunit authors as Christie, Marsh, Tey, and Allingham." ―San Francisco Chronicle "The wittiest of detective story writers."―Daily Mail