Why Shoot a Butler?
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3.8 • 36 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A COUNTRY HOUSE MYSTERY PERFECT FOR FANS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE
Every family has secrets, but now they are turning deadly…
On a dark night, along a lonely country road, barrister Frank Amberley stops to help a young lady in distress and discovers a sports car with a corpse behind the wheel. The girl protests her innocence and Amberley believes her—at least until he gets drawn into the mystery and the evidence incriminating Shirley Brown begins to add up.
Why Shoot a Butler? is an English country-house murder with a twist. In this beloved classic by Georgette Heyer, the butler is the victim, every clue complicates the puzzle, and the bumbling police are well-meaning but completely baffled. Fortunately, amateur sleuth Amberley is as brilliant as he is arrogant as he ferrets out the desperate killer—even though this time he’s not sure he wants to know the truth…
Customer Reviews
Funny, polished, well-crafted whodunnit
At least as well crafted as Agatha Christie, and much funnier. Heyer has a most excellent turn of phrase with which she concisely sketches the personalities and emotional states of her characters. I don't laugh out aloud much when I'm reading, but Heyer's characterizations of the British aristocracy are hilarious, and they're just the icing on the cake.