Lake District Murder

from mooingzelda

I bought this while on holiday in the Lake District in the spring, and was really looking forward to reading a gripping whodunnit with lavish descriptions of the gorgeous fells and lakes in this part of the world. Unfortunately, The Lake District Murder is neither gripping nor brilliant at scene...

from Liz1564

This book was sent to me by Poisoned Pen Press via NetGalley. Thank you. John Bude's second novel, originally published in 1935 and reissued as part of the British Library Crime Classics series, is a down-to-the-minute puzzle. A young garage owner is murdered and the scene suggests an attempt to ...

from patriciau

Couldn't finish this one. Very, very tedious and not terribly imaginative.

from john257hopper

This is another one in the colourful series of reissues of 1930s crime novels, several of them by this author. I've read this on holiday in the Lake District, albeit that this is set around Derwent Water in the north, rather than around Windermere where I am holidaying. The sleuth is again Inspec...