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Blotto, Twinks And The Dead Dowager Duchess (2010)

by Simon Brett(Favorite Author)

2.91 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1849013179 (ISBN13: 9781849013178)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Constable

series

Blotto and Twinks

review 1: Hugely enjoyable froth. A clever, well observed satire of the amateur detective genre. Blotto and Twinks are an aristocratic brother and sister team who apparently often join forces to solve various crimes. While staying at another stately home, a Dowager Duchess is murdered by the expedient method of a pitchfork in her back. The trail leads to the infamous League of the Crimson Thumb who the intrepid duo then track down bit by bit, but will they defeat them in their plot to blow up the House of Lords? Highly amusing. The contrived aristocratic slang can get a little wearing on occasion, but the pace of the plot and brevity of the novel ensure that it doesn't become too annoying. I gobbled this up in just a few hours. Delightful chewing gum rea... moreding.
review 2: This little tome I picked up from our library was a dip back into my P.G. Wodehouse days. I think I've generally outgrown them, but it is rahtha a fun little dip now and then. Brett sets his adventure in the aristocracy of another era, and then makes fun of it all the way. I can appreciate that he keeps in voice the entire ride. It is just that Bertie Wooster cannot be topped, and has wore out his welcome as he grew up to be a doctor. The story kept my head above water for about 8 hours during my sore throat, but I'm glad I finished it and can go on to something a bit more interesting. In fact, it may have cured the common cold as I feel better already -- maybe it is the silliness of it all. less

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