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Title: The Cruellest Month by Hazel Holt ISBN: 0-312-05840-3 Publisher: St Martins Pr Pub. Date: 01 April, 1991 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Amateur sleuth, Academic setting
Comment: As a long-time Barbara Pym fan, I was curious about Hazel Holt's mysteries. I had previously read her biography of Pym who was her colleague and friend. So, perhaps it was not fair of me to expect or hope for Pymean wit in the work of Ms. Holt. Certainly I found little of it. The main character, Sheila Mallory is a likeable, if dim, amateur sleuth of the bumbling variety. Her various stabs at a solution to the murder of an assistant employed by the Bodlean Library are pathetic. Ultimately, the mystery is easy to solve simply because the list of suspects is so small. The book would be pleasant enough given its Oxford setting, but was ruined for me by the depiction of homosexuals. They are shown as scheming and cruel. (Saying more about their motivations would constitute a spoiler.) Strangely, a novel that seems intended as a pleasant read ends up as a mean-spirited exercise in cliched characters.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another hard to put down Sheila Malory mystery.
Comment: An author to replace Christie. Because of her age, I can relate to Ms Holt's Mrs Malory. It's refreshing to be able to read about a woman who has been wife and mother who in midlife can still have a career or two (detecting). I am now a confirmed Hazel Holt fan and cannot wait until her next Mrs Malory adventures are published.
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Title: Mrs. Malory Wonders Why by Hazel Holt ISBN: 0451182863 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 01 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.50 |
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Title: Mrs. Malory and the Only Good Lawyer (Mrs. Malory , No 8) by Hazel Holt ISBN: 0451192648 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Mrs. Malory and the Festival Murder (Sheila Malory Mysteries) by Hazel Holt ISBN: 0451180151 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Mrs. Mallory's Shortest Journey by Hazel Holt ISBN: 0451183959 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Mrs. Malory: Detective in Residence (Mrs. Mallory Mystery) by Hazel Holt ISBN: 0451180178 Publisher: Signet Book Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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