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Inspector Rudd #15

Os Despojos do Tempo

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Bela, tranquila e majestosa, com os seus extensos terrenos, empenas salientes e janelas com ornamentos de pedra, Howlett Hall fora em tempos uma mansão sólida e bem conservada, erguendo-se no meio de uma paisagem exuberante. Agora vêem-se as fendas, os arbustos estão por podar, o relvado transformou-se num prado selvagem…
No andar de cima, jaz o octagenário Edgar Aston, prostado por um grave ataque cardíaco. Em baixo, na sala de estar, está reunida a família. Atrás do reposteiro verde, Edie Cole, a fiel governanta, e junto dela o seu sobrinho, o inútil Colin Knapp, esperam instruções…
A este grupo de pessoas tenso e expectante junta-se Rollo Saxby, decidido a acabar com uma desavença antiga que o separa do seu amigo Edgar.
Escassas horas mais tarde, chega o inspector-chefe Finch, e inicia-se a investigação de duas mortes suspeitas…

175 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published November 27, 1989

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June Thomson

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June Thomson, a former teacher, has published 24 crime novels, 18 of which feature Detective Chief Inspector Jack Finch and his sergeant, Tom Boyce. She has also written six short story collections of Sherlock Holmes pastiches. Her books have been translated into many languages. She lives in St Albans in Hertfordshire.

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November 16, 2025
I don't mind Procedurals, but I draw the line at Socialist Realism. Her Sherlock Holmes stuff is very good, but Inspect Rudd is a washout.
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December 8, 2015
An unbelievable plot and a dull detective make this a very pedestrian book, one of a long series featuring Detective Chief Inspector Finch. Apparently his name was changed to Rudd in the USA. I have read and enjoyed others in this series but not this one.
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