Books by Georgette Heyer

I also read three books by Georgette Heyer. These were all three classic English country-house mysteries all written in a manner similar to Agatha Christie's mysteries. Each has its own separate cast of characters. In Why Shoot a Butler?, barrister Frank Amberley stops to help a woman. What he finds is a sports car with a dead body behind the wheel. Throughout the book, he goes back and forth between thinking this girl is innocent and thinking she is guilty. Along with finding out who killed the man in the car, Frank must also solve other murders which occur as the plot unfolds. In Behold, Here's Poison, the master of the Poplars, home of the Matthews family, is found dead in his bed. It seems to be a death due to natural causes until the autopsy reveals he died of nicotine poisoning. Resourceful Inspector Hannasyde is called in to handle this case. Unfortunately for him, all family members had motives for wanting Mr. Matthews dead; and none of them have an alibi. In The Unfinished Clue, people are gathering at the home of Arthur Billington-Smith (an abusive, most hated man) for a lovely English country weekend. The guest list contains a strange array of characters. Over the course of the weekend, when Mr. Billington-Smith is found stabbed to death, no one seems particularly upset. Scotland Yard's Inspector Harding arrives to find himself in the middle of a real mess. To add to his problems, anyone there could have done it; and since no one there seems to have an alibi, there is no one he can eliminate from his investigation. Since I am a big Agatha Christie fan, these books were right up my alley!!
Suzanne