No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer

No Wind of Blame by Georgette Heyer ISBN-13: 9781402218019 Trade Paperback: 364 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark Released: 1939; September 1, 2009

Source: Bought through Half.com.

Book Description, Modified from Back Cover:
Tragedy befalls the Carter family following an eventful visit from a Russian prince and a scandalous blackmail letter. The murder of Wally Carter is a bewildering mystery — how does one shoot a man crossing a narrow bridge without being near the murder weapon when it is fired? The analytical Inspector Hemingway reveals his unnerving talent for solving a fiendish problem.


My Review:
No Wind of Blame is a historical mystery set in 1939 in England. The characters were more believable (or less odd) and funnier than in some of Heyer's mysteries. Readers turned off by one of those mysteries might still enjoy this novel.

I did correctly guess whodunit and how simply because I'd just read a suspense novel by another author that used a similar method. The mystery was clever. It had some good "slight of hand" that looked like hidden clues that pointed in another direction so I was kept guessing if I really was right or not. Even the romance didn't turn out quite the way it initially seemed like it would!

There was some bad language and no sex. Overall, I'd recommend this entertaining mystery.


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