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Death of My Aunt
Death of My Aunt | C H B Kitchin
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Malcolm Warren, a young but valetudinarian stockbroker, is looking forward to a dull weekend when a telegram summons him to stay with his capricious old Aunt Catherine, who has shocked the family by marrying Hannibal Cartwright, a muscular garage owner many years her junior. Gleeful at the prospect of profit, Malcolm hurries to her bedside. But when his aunt resorts to her bottle labelled 'Le Secret de Venus' he finds that, instead of a gilt-edged portfolio, he is landed with a file of family skeletons. The resulting saga is retailed with a dry humour that reads as well now as it did on first publication in 1929. 'Kitchin's knowledge of the crevices of human nature lifts his crime fiction out of the category of puzzledom and into the realm of the detective novel. He was, in short, ahead of his day.' "H. R. F. Keating"
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deirdrebeecher
Death of My Aunt | C H B Kitchin
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This definitely holds up. What distinguishes it from other British Crime Classics is a more realistic approach to the impact of the crime. While the flawed protagonist isn't overly fond of his Aunt. Witnessing her death and the days afterwards cause him a great deal of emotional turmoil, which he attempts to deal with by analyzing the situation. As the mystery unfolds it just proves how futile and unrewarding murder is.

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SusanInTiburon
Death of My Aunt | C H B Kitchin
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A rich old aunt, on the verge of revising her will, is poisoned in her stately English village home. Which expectant heir is the culprit? This Golden Age mystery plays by the rules, but it''s not just a clever puzzle. It's also a nuanced portrait of human frailty.

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