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Death of Jezebel
Death of Jezebel | Christianna Brand
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At a medieval pageant, Inspector Cockrill investigates a dramatic deathEver since she drove her best friends fianc to kill himself, Isabel Drew has been nicknamed Jezebel. She is domineering, arrogant, vainand beautiful enough to get away with it. She is starring as a princess in a medieval pageant when her past catches up to her. On tiny slips of paper, threats appear, promising death to Isabel and those around her. Fearing she may be attacked, she invites the brilliant Inspector Cockrill to keep her safe after the performance. But her precautions come too late. During the first show, Isabel falls from her tower and is dead before she hits the ground. She was strangled, and the room she fell from was locked from the insidea crime too daring to be possible. But Inspector Cockrill saw it all, and unraveling the impossible is his specialty.
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batsy
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I was interested to learn that Brand was born in colonial Malaya. And I appreciate the gentle skewering of Isabel of someone who's so narcissistic and provincial and so keeps saying "out there in the Malay or wherever it was" because "in the Malay" is genuinely too funny.

#GoldenAgeCrimeClub

tphil10283 I guess it‘s one of those things that goes over my head. 2h
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charl08
Death of Jezebel | Christianna Brand

'...Oh, by the way, Sergeant, this is Inspector Cockrill,
Kent police.'
Sergeant Bedd's large face took on a look of mingled excitement and awe.
'Good lord, sir: not Inspector Cockril? Not that affair of the sanded paths down at Swansmere?
And them decapitations at Pigeonsford?'

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charl08
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Check out my library's reserve stock copy c.1976 🤩

#GoldenAgeCrimeClub @Mitch

batsy Very cool! 5d
charl08 @batsy I'm a bit sad that the original stamp page has gone: the earliest date shown is "only" Sept 1990. 5d
jlhammar Oooh, how cool! 5d
AmyG Nice! 5d
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kspenmoll
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Love maps in any form before I start a book. #goldenagecrimeclub

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kspenmoll
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Lovely start to a snow day: blueberry scone, creme fraiche, cinnamon coffee, Jezebel. Still snowing outside! #goldenagecrimeclub

Pageturner1 YUM 😋 that looks delicious. love the creamer and sugar set. 6d
batsy That looks lovely! 6d
kspenmoll @Pageturner1 The set was a wedding gift, Italian ceramics 6d
kspenmoll @batsy Thank you! Sometimes were need to be surrounded by the beautiful! 6d
Cheshirecat913 I so adore scones. Yum. 6d
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kspenmoll
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I seem to be enjoying a Medieval theme here.

Cuilin ❤️ it. 2w
Crazeedi Beautiful photo!💗 2w
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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @Mitch:

On the last Sunday of every month the #goldenagecrimeclub meet to talk about a book. Please do come and join us if you‘d like. This month we‘re discussing a seemingly impossible crime written by Christianna Brand, first published in 1949 and described as a fiendishly constructed puzzle with dumbfounding acts of misdirection!

#BuddyRead

Original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2556745

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Mitch
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On the last Sunday of every month the #goldenagecrimeclub meet to talk about a book. Please do come and join us if you‘d like. This month we‘re discussing a seemingly impossible crime written by Christianna Brand, first published in 1949 and described as a fiendishly constructed puzzle with dumbfounding acts of misdirection!

charl08 Where do I sign up?! 3w
charl08 (Sounds brilliant 👏) 3w
Mitch @charl08 just come and join us on the last Sunday of the month ! I‘ll tag everything with #goldenagecrimeclub so it‘s easy to find! 3w
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batsy Lovely! Looking forward to revisiting the Tey and reading the other three for the first time. 3w
Larkken Yay! So many more new-to-me authors. I‘m loving this monthly read so far thanks for organizing! 3w
Mitch @batsy same for me too! Trying to find different things, varied and full of things to chat about ( hopefully!) 3w
Mitch @Larkken so glad you‘re enjoying it - I am too! 3w
LeahBergen I‘ll join in for April and May, for sure! Malice Aforethought is fantastic. 👍 3w
Mitch @LeahBergen 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 3w
jlhammar Awesome picks! So excited for all of these! 3w
Gissy I‘m a little behind but I will read them. I‘m a slow reader☺️ 3w
quietjenn Fun choices! I've only read the They and that was a while ago. 3w
AmyG Yay!!!! 3w
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kspenmoll
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Librarybelle Looks like a great list!! 3w
DieAReader Looks great! Good luck💜📚🤓 3w
Andrew65 Looks like it will be a great month for you. 😁 3w
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jlhammar Yay! I‘ve got With Our Blessing and Death of Jezebel in my March stack, ready to go. Can‘t wait! 3w
kspenmoll @jlhammar My copy is on its way! 3w
DieAReader Great stack!! Good luck🤓💜📚 3w
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Mitch
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Just a reminder for next month #goldenagecrimeclub

We‘re reading Death of Jezebel- it is one of those locked room / impossible crimes type novels written by a member of the Detection Club! Looking forward to chatting with you all on the last a Sunday of the month. Happy reading!

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shanaqui
Death of Jezebel | Christianna Brand

The intro makes this sound pretty amazing, so let's see! I haven't read anything by Brand before. So far I'm a bit intrigued, but wondering if I'd be more excited if I'd read her other books and met these two detectives before...

MrsK Jezebel is one of my favorites by Brand. Have you read 6mo
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Soscha
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An impressive read, almost mathematical in plotting, with red herrings eating red herrings until the big reveal in the final chapter. Christianna Brand is also the author of the Nanny McPhee/Nurse Matilda books. Highly recommended, as is her clever & twisty romance Court of Foxes.

LianneB Thank you!! 7y
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Soscha
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In the days before UPS.

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