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ashleylm's review
4.0
That was a delightful palate cleanser. Our fearless detective is a delightful comic creation--The Honourable Constance Ethel Morrison-Burke, after referred to as the Hon. Con., is a selfish, meddling busybody bully with no notion that she's any of these things. She accidentally stumbles upon the detecting business in order to annoy a group that's irritated her, and what better pretext?
She lives with her "friend" Miss Jones (it's the 1960s, so they're circumspect, but I rather suspect they're quite good friends indeed) and is called "Butch" by one of the witnesses, so that's rather fun. Really, it was just a nice romp with likably dreadful company (think E.F. Benson & Miss Mapp, say), and I ate it up and want more.
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).
She lives with her "friend" Miss Jones (it's the 1960s, so they're circumspect, but I rather suspect they're quite good friends indeed) and is called "Butch" by one of the witnesses, so that's rather fun. Really, it was just a nice romp with likably dreadful company (think E.F. Benson & Miss Mapp, say), and I ate it up and want more.
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s).