Detection Unlimited [Mass Market Paperback]

Georgette Heyer (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited (1987)
• ASIN: B000J3739E
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, making the Regency period her own. Her first novel, "The Black Moth," published in 1921, was written at the age of fifteen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.

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30 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A mystery peopled by a delightful assortment of characters., July 20, 1999

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This review is from: Detection Unlimited (Hardcover)

Long famous for the historical romances that entranced the teenage girls of earlier generations, Georgette Heyer turned her hand several times to whodunits in the English countryside. Detection is Unlimited when every delightfully drawn citizen of a tiny village offers Chief Inspecter Hemingway theories as to who murdered the socially pushy newcomer. Supects, humour, and romance abound and in the end, Hemingway sees through the false clues and solves the problem with his "special flair."

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Murder is a Non-social Activity., August 15, 2007

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Nash Black "Troubadour" (Jamestown, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Detection Unlimited (Paperback)

"Detection Unlimited" by Georgette Heyer is the last of her mysteries. It was first published in 1953. By this time Ms. Heyer was consider one of the queens of mystery fiction, but this episode needed a good editing. Too many characters said the same thing numerous times to make a good read. I found myself turning back to make sure I knew which one was suspecting whom.
The light romance is well done, the narrative and dialogue contains some sparking wit and deep insights into human character. Unlike many of Ms. Heyer's works Inspector Hemingway, in spite of all the unsolicited help solves the crime in a very ingenious manner. At points the reader wants to give him a shove in the right direction as well-meaning individuals clutter his path.
Nash Black, author of "Qualifying Laps" and "Sins of the Fathers."

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Heyer Disappoints, August 22, 2009

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V. Muratore (Tulsa, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Detection Unlimited (Hardcover)

I'm a Georgette Heyer fan of more than 40 years and have loved almost everything she wrote (that I can get my hands on. I'm constantly surprised at how many of her books are hard to find or out of print.) And her mysteries have always been some of my favorites. But, frankly, I was disappointed in this one. The obligatory romance was delightfully sweet and perfectly typical, but there are several points that diminish the book's appeal: there were indeed too many characters with too little emphasis on the more interesting; the murderer wasn't fully fleshed out and came as a surprise to no one; and the denouement was a true let down, leaving me unfulfilled and at a loss. I must immediately re-read Behold, Here's Poison or Footsteps in the Dark just to regain my equilibrium.