By David Roberts
Lord Edward Corinth's fiance, Verity Browne, returns from Prague with suspected tuberculosis. the one remedy for TB in 1938 is relaxation and a nutritious diet so she is going to a personal medical institution in Henley-on- Thames run by way of a Cambridge buddy of Edward's. in the meantime, Edward investigates a sequence of murders with a Henley connection. His dentist, Eric Silver, has been murdered - presently after sharing with Edward, his ultimate sufferer, his suspicions concerning the deaths of 3 of his aged sufferers. Silver had pointed out an entomological connection among the deaths. basic Lowther had had a center assault consuming a wine referred to as Clos des Mouches, Hermione Totteridge, a well known gardener, were poisoned by way of the hot insecticide with which she have been experimenting, and James Herold were stung to loss of life by way of his bees.Edward is going to stick with his previous good friend Harry Makin inherited a name and a estate in Henley. His research involves an exhilarating climax in the course of what many think may be the final Henley Royal Regatta prior to a brand new eu warfare. either Edward and Verity face dying from anyone, or whatever, depraved. 'A vintage homicide secret with as advanced a plot as one can desire for and a most attractive pair of beginner sleuths' ("Sweet Poison"), Charles Osborne, writer of "The existence and Crimes of Agatha Christie". 'This is a witty and meticulous game of the category- ridden center England of the 1930s...a ideal instance of golden-age secret traditions with the cobwebs swept away' - ("Bones of the Buried") "Guardian". 'The plot is either difficult and enchanting, like Poirot at the excessive seas, and lovingly recorded through an writer with a meticulous eye and a major experience of enjoyable' Michael Dobbs.
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Come back tomorrow, Lord Edward. We’ll have the results of the tests and the X-rays before midday. Then we can decide what to do. One thing I can tell you – it will take a while before Miss Browne recovers her strength. I know mentally she’s not one to give up the struggle but physically she’s at the end of her tether. ’ Edward was stropping his razor – a ritual he enjoyed. He found it made him relax. He owned a safety razor, of course, but the whole business of soaping his face with the shaving brush and the feel of the cold blade against his skin was how he preferred to greet the day.
Am I making a fuss or do you find most of your patients hate putting themselves at your mercy? It’s something about lying so helpless in your chair and having to watch as you fit a new head to the drill. ’ Mr Silver did not seem to hear him and Edward saw that he was preoccupied. Instead of reassuring him that he was no more of a coward than other men, he said, ‘You remember I told you I wanted to talk to you about something . . ’ Edward hoped that this wasn’t going to be embarrassing. Was he having trouble with his wife?
It’s Chief Inspector Pride, my lord. I told him you were engaged but he insists on talking to you. ’ Edward reluctantly wiped the soap off his face with a towel and pulled on a dressing-gown. He had to admit he was curious. He knew Pride of old but had not seen or talked to him for at least eighteen months. What had suddenly made him telephone at – he glanced at his watch – eight fifteen, before the day could properly be said to have started? He grabbed the receiver. ‘Pride? ’ He had a sudden thought that he might want to talk to him about Verity.