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4 stars. Copyright 1951. Although there are some really long soliloquys from a couple of the characters. The Detective assigned to Chief Inspector Hemingway has a tendency to spout Gaelic in every sentence.
Kind of annoying.

The murders (there are 2) are interesting & although I deduced the identity of the first murderer, I did not figure out the second one.

We get to see "Terrible Timothy" from "They Found Him Dead" & get to see how his half brother Jim & his wife Pat (the H/h from that story) are getting on. Timothy finds a prickly girl of his own to love & of course, she's a suspect. Nice book to curl up with on a snowy Sunday afternoon!


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Duplicate Death Georgette Heyer 9780099493754 Books Reviews

This is my favorite of all the Heyer mysteries. Outstanding characters and perfect pacing make for a seamless period read. If you are new to Heyer, I recommend that you start here. Yes I know that this book brings back characters introduced in earlier books but it's fine as a stand alone. After you read it you will probably want to go back and learn about Terrible Timothy's earlier adventure and what the Inspector was like as a Sargent. So you can go on to "They Found Him Dead," but read this first. It's the best possible introduction to her writing.
The best of the Inspector Hemingway mysteries, this one has a nicely complicated setting and a few characters--pulled in from a previous story--who are actually likeable. I dislike key plot points hinging on the woman not trusting the man, but in this case her reluctance was less petulant and more believable than Heyer's usual delaying tactic. The solution to the mystery feels trivial in a modern era, but makes sense in context.
Timothy Harte from "They Found Him Dead" is all grown up and a very eligible man about town, but he has an eye on a secretary who has a shady past, much to his family's displeasure. Post war London is finely portrayed as characters struggle to hold on to the past and acclimate to the present. Timothy must turn to his old friend Sargent Hemingway to clear his fiance of being charged with murder and restore her good name.
The inner workings of Scotland Yard are shown in greater detail as the Yard adopts new methods of detection.
False leads abound until the final pages of little known mystery by Georgette Heyer, which is an early exploration of the use of drugs among the upper crust.
Nash Black, author of "Qualifying Laps" and "Sins of the Fathers."
I just recently started reading Georgette Heyer's mysteries and have found I enjoy them even more than her romances. "Duplicate Death" is a superbly entertaining mystery, with a cast of well-portrayed, interesting characters, some likable, some not, that involves a murder at a bridge party.

Before you start this book, it's a good idea to first read the author's 1937 mystery "They Found Him Dead," in which you'll meet some of the characters 14 years earlier, including Chief Inspector (then Sergeant) Hemingway, my favorite of Heyer's detectives. Another character who shows up in both books is the very likable Timothy Harte, who is 14 in the earlier book; now he has served as a commando in WWII and has become a barrister, but fortunately he doesn't seem to have changed much!
Another excellent Heyer "whodunit" in the Inspector Hemingway Series. Puts one in mind of all the great PBS/Mystery/Masterpiece Theatre British detectives. I believe that there are only four (4) novels in which Hemingway is at Chief Inspector grade; I wish there were more.

For my taste there are a bit too many exclamation marks in this dialogue and the Gaelic is certainly hard to understand, but the reader can thoroughly and highly enjoy this novel as written and edited.
I usually love anything by Georgette Heyer, but this mystery just seemed too long and wordy without being witty. Her usual witty repartee seemed to be missing, And with the exception of the inspector and his sergeant, most of the characters were not likable, and the mystery was not that interesting. I don't think I even finished it.
Georgette Heyer is most well known for her historical romances, but to be frank I much prefer her mysteries. Yes, they all take place in the 1930s and are "cozy" mysteries - no graphic sex or violence. But they are well-written with generous helpings of humor, and we are taken back into "dated death" as I like to call it - the milieu of the 1930s and what life was like back then for the upper class men and women who populate Heyer's story (and the ones who depopulate those stories through murder!)

If you're a bridge lover you'll get a kick out of this (although in that regard it doesn't rival Christie's Cards on the Table) and if you just like British mysteries you'll love this.
4 stars. Copyright 1951. Although there are some really long soliloquys from a couple of the characters. The Detective assigned to Chief Inspector Hemingway has a tendency to spout Gaelic in every sentence.
Kind of annoying.

The murders (there are 2) are interesting & although I deduced the identity of the first murderer, I did not figure out the second one.

We get to see "Terrible Timothy" from "They Found Him Dead" & get to see how his half brother Jim & his wife Pat (the H/h from that story) are getting on. Timothy finds a prickly girl of his own to love & of course, she's a suspect. Nice book to curl up with on a snowy Sunday afternoon!