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The Body in the Silo
The Body in the Silo | Ronald Knox
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When private investigator Miles Bredon and his wife, Angela, arrive for a weekend at the Hallifords' country house, they find themselves part of a singularly ill-assorted house party. Waking one morning to the news that one among their number has been found dead by the silo, Miles has no shortage of suspects. The entire party had spent the previous night haring around the country side in an 'eloping' game instigated by their hostess, and no one can fully account for their whereabouts. The arrival of Inspector Leyland from Scotland Yard, investigating a spate of apparent suicides of important people, adds another dimension to the mystery, and Miles finds himself wondering 'whether the improbable ought to be told'.
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jfount
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This was very enjoyable; very much of its time with a sort of stunt party game at the center. The ending is ingenious. In the final chapters, as the solution is revealed, there are footnotes to where the clues first appeared in the story, a feature I actually quite enjoyed! NB however that the page numbers are off by 10 in this reprint edition.

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jfount
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Angela, the sleuth‘s wife in this book, is kind of a sassy dame, and I like it.