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No Wind of Blame (1939)

di Georgette Heyer

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Serie: Inspectors Hannasyde and Hemingway (5), Country House Mysteries (8)

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"Miss Heyer's characters and dialogue are an abiding delight to me... I have seldom met people to whom I have taken so violent a fancy from the word 'Go.'"??Dorothy L. Sayers

Everyone had a motive, but who had the means?

Wally Carter's murder seems impossible??not one of the suspects was anywhere near the weapon at the time the shot was fired. The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted with a neglected widow, the neighbor who's in love with her, her resentful daughter, a patently phony Russian prince, and a case of blackmail that may??or may not??be at the heart of this most unusual case...

Beloved author Georgette Heyer brings her inimitable wit and astute examination of human nature to a British country house mystery sure to delight fans of Agatha Christie and Margery All… (altro)

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 Reviews reviewed: Heyer, No Wind of Blame, rev. jimroberts21 non letti / 21atimco, Settembre 2009

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A weekend shooting party gathers together a rich assortment of characters including Wally Carter and his wife Ermyntrude, the precocious schoolgirl Vicky, the quick-witted Mary, Sir William Dering, and Alexis Varasashvil, a Russian prince. Interests clash and a whiff of a scandalous blackmail letter hangs in the air. Unfortunately, it seems that on this occasion, the marksmen's quarry is destined to be human. Tragedy befalls the Carter family when Wally was killed. No one cared that Wally Carter was dead. Pity. But someone had cared enough to shoot him through the chest. Who the devil could it be? Hemingway/Hannasyde Book 5

The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted by a murder that seems impossible -- no one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired. But everyone on the scene seems to have a motive, not to mention the wherewithal to commit murder, and alibis that simply don't hold up. The inspector is sorely tried by a wide variety of suspects, including the neglected rich widow, Ermyntrude, the neighbor who's in love with her, her resentful daughter, and a patently phony Russian prince preying on the widow's emotional vulnerability and social aspirations. And then there's the blackmail plot that may -- or may not -- be at the heart of the case... The inspector reveals his unnerving talent for solving a fiendish difficult problem, like such as how to shoot a man crossing a narrow bridge without being near the murder weapon when it is fired... Hemingway #1 ( )
  Karen74Leigh | Jul 6, 2023 |
This review is for the audiobook edition only.

Ulli Birve did a fine job narrating this mystery overall. In particular, her voice for Ermentrude was excellent. However, for a few of the male characters (such as the butler Peake and Inspector Cook), her narration was at times wooden. ( )
  leslie.98 | Jun 27, 2023 |
This was an enjoyable book with a lot going on. It mostly takes place in only one location, the estate of a former actress and her husband (a disagreeable man most people do not like), her step-daughter from a previous marriage, and her husband's cousin and ward (one of the few seemingly sane characters of the lot).

The woman is a bit high-strung, but likable woman who is mostly liked in the town, and who puts up with her husband's antics pretty well. Her daughter, a college-aged beautiful girl is very entertaining and gets along with her step-mother very well. She's pretty likable and funny, but you're never sure what she's up to. The husband's cousin is also very likable, but pretty straight-forward and honest.

But then the woman invites some semi-prince from some Russian country (Georgia?) for a visit, which irks the husband - well, most everything irks him, but nobody pays much attention, until he gets murdered. Of course, there are lots of suspects, but no proof for any of them, and it looks hopeless until Scotland Yard is called in.

A fun read, I thought, especially the dialog from the step-daughter. ( )
  MartyFried | Oct 9, 2022 |
Vicky's my favorite in this one. I wouldn't necessarily want to know her, but boy is she entertaining to read. ( )
  fernandie | Sep 14, 2022 |
There are dozens of Georgette Heyer books on our bookshelves, much read and reread by my wife, Judy. “You might like this one,” Judy said. “It’s a murder mystery. Not her usual stuff.” Dubious, I began reading.
Heyer has a wry sense of humour, and a voice with echoes of Jane Austen. She writes interesting characters, some you’ll like, and some you’ll enjoy disliking. The actual murder plot is fairly straightforward but well-handled with a neat resolution in the last few pages. ( )
  PhilipJHunt | Sep 4, 2022 |
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Nome dell'autoreRuoloTipo di autoreOpera?Stato
Georgette Heyerautore primariotutte le edizionicalcolato
Barnes, Michael TudorNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Birvé, UlliNarratoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Liebe, Poul IbTraduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Meunier, DeniseTraduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Rademacher, SusannaTraduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Rammul, TiitProgetto della copertinaautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato
Sanina, A.V.Traduttoreautore secondarioalcune edizioniconfermato

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Classic Literature. Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML:

"Miss Heyer's characters and dialogue are an abiding delight to me... I have seldom met people to whom I have taken so violent a fancy from the word 'Go.'"??Dorothy L. Sayers

Everyone had a motive, but who had the means?

Wally Carter's murder seems impossible??not one of the suspects was anywhere near the weapon at the time the shot was fired. The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted with a neglected widow, the neighbor who's in love with her, her resentful daughter, a patently phony Russian prince, and a case of blackmail that may??or may not??be at the heart of this most unusual case...

Beloved author Georgette Heyer brings her inimitable wit and astute examination of human nature to a British country house mystery sure to delight fans of Agatha Christie and Margery All

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