They Found Him Dead, Georgette Heyer
They Found Him Dead, Georgette Heyer
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They Found Him Dead

Author: Georgette Heyer

Narrator: Matt Addis

Unabridged: 8 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/30/2021

Synopsis

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Sparkling characterisation and inventive plot from one of the best known and beloved detective novelists of all time.

The sixtieth birthday party of Silas Kane was marred by argument and dissension amongst his family. And then, the morning after the celebrations, Kane is found dead at the foot of a cliff. The theory that Silas accidentally lost his way in the fog is confirmed when the coroner returns a verdict of death by misadventure.

But then Kane's nephew and heir is murdered and threats are made on the next in line to the fortune, throwing a new and sinister light on Silas Kane's death. All clues point to an elderly lady of eighty as the killer. But as the redoubtable Superintendent Hannasyde delves further into the case he discovers that nothing is quite as it seems...

© Georgette Heyer 1937 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

About Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer (1902–1974) was a talented author and novelist who is often credited as the creator of the historical romance genre as well as the Regency romance subgenre. In addition to romance, she also wrote mysteries and short stories.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lady Wesley on January 14, 2023

Review of the audiobook narrated by Ulli Birvé. This book is one of my favorite Heyer mysteries, primarily due to the presence of "Terrible" Timothy Harte, a precocious fourteen-year-old fan of American gangster movies who is thrilled when there are two mysterious deaths in the family. (Side note: O......more

Goodreads review by Anne on January 12, 2021

A very enjoyable cozy mystery by my favourite author Georgette Heyer, not quite as good as The Unfinished Clue, but a touch better than Death in the Stocks, which were all somewhat similar in plot and family dynamics. Heyer's mysteries rather have a reputation of featuring annoying characters. And i......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on November 28, 2019

The first of Heyer's murder mysteries that I've tried, and I liked it a lot! Very much in the vein of Agatha Christie or Mary Stewart, though not as bonkers as Penhallow. There are multiple suspects, and multiple murders, and of course an elderly matriarch who says exactly what's on her mind . . . a......more

Goodreads review by Tweety on August 27, 2015

This kept me guessing! One of Heyer's better mysteries IMO, the characters are enjoyable if not all likable and the plot clips along at a good pace. I did have pretty good idea as to who the murderer was, but it didn't spoil the story for me. The romance was rather sudden starting in chapter one, bu......more

Goodreads review by Dana-Adriana B. on February 17, 2019

It is my first Georgette Heyer's book and the plot and even the characters reminds me of Agatha Christie's stories. Silas Kane is missing only to find him later death. Who was it? Lots of suspects and Superintendent Hannasyde is going to tell us which one was it. I really enjoyed the book and I will......more

Quotes

Praise for Georgette Heyer's mystery novels:

'We had better start ranking Heyer alongside such incomparable whodunit authors as Christie, Marsh, Tey and Allingham' San Francisco Chronicle

'Rarely have we seen humour and mystery so perfectly blended' New York Times

'Sharp, clear and witty' The New Yorker

'Heyer's characters and dialogue are an abiding delight to me ... I have seldom met people to whom I have taken so violent a fancy from the word "Go"' Dorothy L. Sayers

'The wittiest of detective writers' Daily Mail

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