Murder at the Eisteddfod;: A detective story in a new setting

by John Ellis Williams

161 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1973

Reviews

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this mystery mostly for its setting at the Eisteddfod. It's not a great mystery (although I was fooled by who committed the crime), but the author really knows this Welsh cultural celebration. The Chair Bard is shot during the chairing ceremony and Detective Inspector Hopkyn of Scotland Yard has to figure out why someone would want a poet dead. Of course the question becomes, is the man who was chaired really the poet, and if not, who besides the real poet would want him dead. The answer is connected to drug dealing, which was quite a turn, but made sense. Lovey sense of place.