Death of a Literary Widow

by Robert Barnard

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440118212
• ISBN13: 9780440118213
• Release Date: October 1981
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.3" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Such a Macabre Sense of Humour

Barnard has a very different sense of humour, and this book shows this off to advantage. Right from the beginning, the police don't see a crime, but a mild-mannered teacher doesn't follow along with this theory, so he investigates the crime by himself. The plot is tight, and it keeps you guessing until the end. There is still the satire on the stories of detection popularized in the Golden Age. If you like your mysteries with a liberal sprinkling of British humour, and you don't take them to seriously, Robert Barnard is the author for you.

DEATH OF A LITERARY WIDOW

This book is a pure delight to read --- has a marvelous sense of humor - the characters are well defined, the plot is a puzzle right to the very last paragraph and even though there is no crime as the police see it, a delightful justice is the ending!