Young barrsiter Michael Cantrip has skipped of to the Channel Islands to take on a tax-law case that's worth a fortune -- if Cantrip's tax-planning cronies can locate the missing heir. But Cantrip has waded in way over his head. Strange things are happening on these mysterious, isolated isles. Something is going bump in the night -- and bumping off members of the legal team, one by one. Soon Cantrip is telexing the gang at the home office for help. And it's up to amateur investigator Hilaray Tamar (Oxford don turned supersleuth) to get Cantrip back to safety of his chambers -- alive!
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Caudwell's third suspense novel takes place in the Channel Islands and is narrated, like its predecessors, by Professor Hilary Tamar of Oxford. Investigated here is the mysterious death of a great fortune's administrator. "Besides giving readers a bewitching mystery, the author absorbs them in the legends of . . . all the storied Channel Islands," noted PW.
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Young barrsiter Michael Cantrip has skipped of to the Channel Islands to take on a tax-law case that's worth a fortune -- if Cantrip's tax-planning cronies can locate the missing heir. But Cantrip has waded in way over his head. Strange things are happening on these mysterious, isolated isles. Something is going bump in the night -- and bumping off members of the legal team, one by one. Soon Cantrip is telexing the gang at the home office for help. And it's up to amateur investigator Hilaray Tamar (Oxford don turned supersleuth) to get Cantrip back to safety of his chambers -- alive!
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The humor is elaborate and depends on convoluted witticisms couched in a pastiche of eighteenth century prose, alternating with sharp observations of contemporary British life and amazingly effective slapstick. This sort of thing has to be done superbly well or it falls flat. This is done superbly well. The plot seems completely fantastic until the murderer is revealed and you realise you should have thought of that person all along. The same setting as the other Caudwells - the London singles bar scene.
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After the relatively disappointing second book in the series (The Shortest Way to Hades) I was enraptured to find The Sirens Sang of Murder on a par with the first Sarah Caudwell, the one that made me sing hosannas and rush out to buy everything she had written. One of the strengths and pleasures of Sirens, as with Thus Was Adonis Murdered, is that a large part of it takes the form of an epistolary novel, in this case through telexes in the hilarious voice of Cantrip. Surely Caudwell is a fan of P.G. Wodehouse, since the hapless Cantrip reminds me irresistibly of clueless Bertie Wooster, even down to his malapropisms and his dotty uncle (reminiscent of Uncle Fred). Having so many adventures related through his harried, well-intentioned, quirky voice ("pottle" is one of his favorite verbs) makes everything that much livelier. Another clever, enjoyable device is the use of hackneyed romance-novel cliches, which circulate due to Cantrip and Julia's collaboration on a would-be bestseller. Added to this heady mixture is the faintly dangerous, sexy whiff of witch lore and the supernatural. If you enjoyed Thus Was Adonis Murdered, don't hesitate to heed the Sirens' seductive cry.
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Alas, the last of Ms. Caudwell's mystery series with Professor Tamar and the barristers of Lincoln's Inn, but certainly a good one. Sarah Caudwell's mysteries are a treat for lawyers and non-lawyers, well-written with a great command of English as few mystery novels are these days. This one has red herrings and interesting twists throughout.
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"No, no, let me go or I'll scream," cried the lovely Eliane, her beautiful eyes filling with tears and her bosom heaving under the delicate silk of her blouse as she struggled to free herself from the vile embrace of the brutal Barristers' Clerk. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
temporary typist, instructing solicitor, telex message, sirens sang, dear julia, telex machine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Edward Malvoisin, Professor Tamar, Patrick Ardmore, Monte Carlo, Oliver Grynne, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Sir Walter Palgrave, New Square, Philip Alexandre, Lincoln's Inn, Sir Arthur, Grand Hotel, Colonel Cantrip, Little Sark, Miss Derwent, Clementine Derwent, Gideon Darkside, Rachel Alexandre, Roland Devereux, United Kingdom, Inland Revenue, Witch's Cottage, Aunt Regina, Basil Ptarmigan New!
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"No, no, let me go or I'll scream," cried the lovely Eliane, her beautiful eyes filling with tears and her bosom heaving under the delicate silk of her blouse as she struggled to free herself from the vile embrace of the brutal Barristers' Clerk. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
temporary typist, instructing solicitor, telex message, sirens sang, dear julia, telex machine Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Edward Malvoisin, Professor Tamar, Patrick Ardmore, Monte Carlo, Oliver Grynne, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Sir Walter Palgrave, New Square, Philip Alexandre, Lincoln's Inn, Sir Arthur, Grand Hotel, Colonel Cantrip, Little Sark, Miss Derwent, Clementine Derwent, Gideon Darkside, Rachel Alexandre, Roland Devereux, United Kingdom, Inland Revenue, Witch's Cottage, Aunt Regina, Basil Ptarmigan New!
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- The Shortest Way to Hades by Sarah Caudwell in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Venus and Adonis. by William Shakespeare on page 68
- Sir Walter Raleigh (Twayne's English Authors Series) by Steven W. May on page 239
- A Survey of Modern English by Stephan Gramley on 4 pages
- The Sibyl in Her Grave by Sarah Caudwell in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Reading With Feeling: The Aesthetics of Appreciation by Susan L. Feagin on page 244
- Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell in Back Matter
- Dead Men's Hearts by Aaron Elkins in Front Matter
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