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On a fine autumn weekend, Lord Aveling hosts a hunting party at his country house, Bragley Court. Among the guests are an actress, a journalist, an artist, and a mystery novelist. The unlucky thirteenth is John Foss, injured at the local train station and brought to the house to recuperate--but John is nursing a secret of his own.

Soon events take a sinister turn when a painting is mutilated, a dog stabbed, and a man strangled. Death strikes more than one of the house guests, and the police are called. Detective Inspector Kendall's skills are tested to the utmost as he tries to uncover the hidden past of everyone at Bragley Court.

Anyone in for this country-house mystery?

I finished this yesterday. I love country house mysteries and this was a good one, although for some reason I had a hard time keeping the characters straight. Cleverly plotted.

I read this a few years ago and will probably reread it in the future. Like Kathy, I enjoy country house mysteries.

I have a problem keeping the characters straight in a murder mystery; you know there will be a few. So this time, I wrote down the names and their information. This was another excellent murder mystery, as we, the reader, are given the clues as they are discovered.
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Kathy wrote: "I love country house mysteries."

Kathy and Rosemarie I did not know there was such a thing.

Pharmacdon appreciate the link!!

I finished this one a few days ago and - as with all the others I've read so far - I really liked it. I tried to read it slowly so it wouldn't end, but Farjeon is a master at drawing me in to the next chapter - I'll just read one paragraph. Nope. Another chapter read!

What I particularly liked about this book is that the detective isn't brought in until the last third of the book - the build-up takes its time and the sorting out is done by the guests until well past the time the police should have been called in. So it seemed more realistic and less formulaic than the detective coming in on page 10 and guiding us through all the clues and the investigation. I found that kind of refreshing. (view spoiler)[I also liked the fact that the detective's version was incorrect! And he will never know! (hide spoiler)]

Another fun read.

Karen wrote: "I finished this one a few days ago and - as with all the others I've read so far - I really liked it. I tried to read it slowly so it wouldn't end, but Farjeon is a master at drawing me in to the n..."

Thanks for the tip, Karen. I have just started this one, and like whatever else of Farjeon I can lay my hands on, I am already deep into the atmosphere!

Karen wrote: "I finished this one a few days ago and - as with all the others I've read so far - I really liked it. I tried to read it slowly so it wouldn't end, but Farjeon is a master at drawing me in to the n..."

Sounds like a fascinating read Karen!!