No Wind of Blame

from thereadingrebel

Wally is a good for nothing slob who lives off his rich wife Ermyntrude. Who may not be the brightest person but her good nature,generosity,and kindness make up for it and I love her character.Drama and all. Throw in a Prince who is a gold digger,Mr Steel who is madly in love with her,her daughte...

from SueinCyprus

A character-based crime novel, set in the late 1930s in a large mansion in rural England. Some delightfully over-the-top people mix with more mundane ones, and there's some dry humour to contrast with the serious nature of the underlying story. Plenty of red herrings, most of which I spotted, and...

from caitemaire

During her lifetime, Heyer was better known for her Regency romances than her mysteries and that may still be true today. But if you are a fan of clever stories, with excellent dialogue and an amusing cast of characters in an English country house setting and have not checked out the dozen or so ...

from caitemaire

During her lifetime, Heyer was better known for her Regency romances than her mysteries and that may still be true today. But if you are a fan of clever stories, with excellent dialogue and an amusing cast of characters in an English country house setting and have not checked out the dozen or so ...

from atimco

No Wind of Blame, one of Georgette Heyer's thrillers, was published in 1939 and features the usual accoutrements of the country-manor murder: an upper-class family simply seething with complicated relationships and eccentricities, whose family party is crashed by a competent detective from Scotla...