Greyladies discussion

A whodunit published by Greyladies, written by an eccentric clergyman, figuring an eccentric spinster detective, formerly headmaster of a girl's boarding school, and her reliable Milly.
It is the second episode in the adventures of Miss Hogg and they are delicious. Several corpses, literary allusions aplenty, descriptions of the Brontës' and Wordsworth' countries, of the two great universties - Oxford and Cambridge -, a dash to London, two undergraduates, lecturers and professors, American millionaires, possible villains and THE villain, good second roles and sidekicks.
It was not difficult to guess who THE villain was. But this is not the main attraction of the book. The style is somewhat reminiscent of that of Edward Crispin's, the pace is brisk, it is fun.
A reading I recommend thoroughly to readers of Greyladies books, of readers of whodunits, of readers wishing to have a good read.
The copy was sent to me by the publishers and I thank them very much as it is a real pleasure to review it and to tell potential readers to go ahead and enjoy this novel as much as I did!

I enjoyed it very much, I like Miss Hogg, and the car chase with the students is definitely very reminiscent of Edmund Crispin, who is a huge favourite of mine - I loved that section.

I did feel that the story line became a just a little woolly in the middle, with a number of characters who weren't really "on stage" much of the time (too many millionaires?), and were therefore a bit confusing, but it really didn't spoil my enjoyment. Perhaps, too, more could have been done with the Brontë connection?

I am certainly going to read the first one, and do hope that Greyladies will publish some of the others.

I laughed at the Wordsworth scholar parson. I thought the way the Shakespearean scholar was discovered was extremely well managed.
I agree with you at at some point, I got a bit lost among millionaires and their secretaries. The plot is sometimes confused and not watertight like Golden Age mysteries. And, yes, more could have been done with the Brontë collection, with their country, etc.
But I felt somewhat carried away by the author who did not eave me much time to think about all this while I was reading. Thoughts went afterwards. First, there was the fun and the pleasure of reading ... for fun and pleasure!
I certainly would love to read the first novel to see how we are introduced to Miss Hogg and why and how she becomes a detective. More to be published by Greyladies would be a delight!

Yes, you have it exactly - you are too caught up in the story to worry about the millionaires and their secretaries, even if you aren't absolutely certain who they all. are!