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Why Shoot a Butler?
Why Shoot a Butler? | Georgette Heyer
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New York Times and USA Today Bestseller! Every family has secrets, but the Fountains' are turning deadly? On a dark night, along a lonely country road, barrister Frank Amberley stops to help a young lady in distress and discovers a sports car with a corpse behind the wheel. The girl protests her innocence, and Amberley believes her?at least until he gets drawn into the mystery and the clues incriminating Shirley Brown begin to add up? In an English country-house murder mystery with a twist, it's the butler who's the victim, every clue complicates the puzzle, and the bumbling police are well-meaning but completely baffled. Fortunately, in ferreting out a desperate killer, amateur sleuth Amberley is as brilliant as he is arrogant, but this time he's not sure he wants to know the truth? PRAISE FOR WHY SHOOT A BUTLER? "If genteel mysteries are your cup of tea, you have here a steaming teapot just waiting to be poured." Bestsellers "Georgette Heyer is second to none." Sunday Times "Heyer is an author to read ? this means you!" New York Herald Tribune "Sharp, clear, and witty" New Yorker
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CarolynM
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Another intriguing mystery from Georgette Heyer which has been keeping me entertained on my morning walks. Unfortunately it lacked the humorous element of many if the others I've listened to, and it's a bit over long, but enjoyabke overall. #52BookClub23 #FeaturingAnInheritance

squirrelbrain Intriguing title - what shoot a butler, indeed?! 🤔 2y
Cinfhen I need to start doing morning walks!! 2y
Librarybelle I need to read more by Heyer! 2y
Rissreads And so tell us…….why shoot a butler? 2y
CarolynM @squirrelbrain @Rissreads 🤣 I‘d be giving the mystery away if I told you that! 2y
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kspenmoll
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#mystery #GeorgetteHeyer

Just what I would do!

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kspenmoll
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#porchlife #eventide #wineandbooks #summerbreeze
Stealing a small window of reading time before cooking dinner. Now that I am back at work, my reading for pleasure is slowing down.

Tamra Me too, I was just lamenting that to myself this morning sitting in front of the PC. 😫 5y
Jaimelire I feel your pain. I now have much less time to read and find myself reading at 4am when I have insomnia. If I cant sleep, might as well read!

5y
kspenmoll @Tamra @Jaimelire Thanks for your understanding & sharing this dilemma! 💕💕 5y
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kspenmoll
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Love when I come across a another book alluded to in the book I am reading.❤️
“ Sir Humphrey, like Mr. Woodhouse, was firmly of the opinion that,the sooner every party breaks ip the better.”
Heyer invokes Jane Austen‘s Emma.

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kspenmoll
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#coffeeandbooks #booksanddiner
Stopped for early dinner with my son on the way to UConn.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙💙💙 5y
Crazeedi yum! 5y
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kspenmoll
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1️⃣ Tagged book

2️⃣ 🎃 Spice

3️⃣ “Naturally the servants are agog with curiosity.”

#WeekendReads

merelybookish Agog! Such a great word. 😀 5y
CogsOfEncouragement 1. For Better or Hearse by Laura Durham 2. pumpkin spice 3. And unfortunately the murderer made sure he would never have the chance to tell anyone. 5y
kspenmoll @CogsOfEncouragement 🙌🏻🙌🏻 5y
JazzFeathers Oh my goodness, this book sounds like a lot of fun! 5y
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kspenmoll
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love your patio!!! ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
LoverofLit Oh my gosh I wanna come enjoy a glass of iced tea on that porch! 😍 5y
Cathythoughts Lovely 👍🏻♥️ 5y
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erzascarletbookgasm Nice! 💚 5y
Redwritinghood What a lovely reading spot! I would stay there all day. 5y
OriginalCyn620 Awesome! 😊❤️ 5y
Crazeedi As usual, your porch is delightful, we are going to miss our reading corners soon aren't we? @kspenmoll 5y
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kspenmoll
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#porchlife #coffeeandbooks #readingismysuperpower #mystery #GeorgetteHeyer #1933 #Saturdaymorning
#bfcr3 #bookfitnesschallenge
Walking: made 5 mile goal. Weekends help!!!
Books: made goal: finished audio -2

wanderinglynn Way to go! 🙌🏻 5y
alisiakae Great job! 5y
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kspenmoll
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#labordayreading #ReadingismySuperPower #mystery

Needed a break today to read something fun & non demanding!

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mabell
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When I picked up this book at a charity bookstore, my #firstimpressions were that the cover was intriguing and that I may like the mystery. Little did I know that Georgette Heyer would become my #favoritefemaleauthor ! I've enjoyed or loved every one of her books I've read (with one exception), and I'm so glad there are still many I have yet to read. ❤️
#agameoffavorites #austeninaugust

rubyslippersreads 😍😍😍 that cover! 6y
mabell @rubyslippersreads It was protected by a library jacket! It's still the only one I've found like it ❤️ 6y
Butterfinger I thought she only wrote Victorian humorous stories. This intrigues me. Thanks for sharing. 6y
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Erinsuereads Oh @mabell you never disappoint. That cover is fantastic! 6y
LeahBergen What a beautiful edition! 6y
mabell @Butterfinger She wrote many historical romances (with humor) and a number of mysteries (also with humor.) Both are excellent! 6y
mabell @ErinSueG ❤️❤️Thank you! I'm afraid I am disappointing on this one because I couldn't find what she liked to read. 😕 6y
mabell @LeahBergen Thank you! Only 8 more to find! 😂 6y
Erinsuereads It‘s fiiiinnneeee 6y
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MayJasper
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Panpan

I have enjoyed all her other books I have read much more. It is a crime mystery with #desire and #greed themes at its core. So what put me off? I was astonished by the love angle thrown in at the end. Where did that come from? The plot didn't hang together well and I disliked the protagonist who was so arrogant and smug.
Sadly, there is a simile that uses a racial slur. I couldn't get past this.
#nuyear @cinfhen @trishb
#readingresolutions @jess7

TrishB I hate that with older books - leaves you with a sour taste 😔 7y
MayJasper That's exactly it @trishb - a sour taste 7y
Cinfhen I agree @TrishB @MayJasper I discovered that as well 😖😠 7y
Eggs That cover 💕💕 7y
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MaureenMc
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@mabell I apparently was so interested in this one that I bought it twice! 😬🙄

mabell That is too funny! 😂 At least it's a really good mystery and it's a cool cover - you picked a good one to double up! 7y
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KerriNTurner
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#fallintobooks A couple of #cursive covers.

Cinfhen I'm really liking all the cursive covers😍 7y
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Gillyreads
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Made it 🎉🎉🎉 I also read 2 ebooks and listened to about 25min of audiobooks.
@24in48 is my favourite readathon and I'm real please I made it this time 😊😊
Good luck to everyone still going #24in48

mellisarock Good job & congratulations! 👏🏻 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Congratulations!! 📚📚🎉🎉👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Varshitha 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
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Gillyreads
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Totally bummed all the international prizes are gone. But I'm at 22hours 30minutes so I'm definitely going to make it to 24 this time 😊 #24in48

24in48 You should go ahead and fill out the prize form anyway. It'll give us a good sense of how many people are not based in the US for next time. 7y
Gillyreads @24in48 okay sure thing! :) 7y
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KerriNTurner
Why Shoot a Butler? | Georgette Heyer
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Found this for $2 at a local op shop!

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Christy2318
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Mehso-so

I didn't like this as much as Footsteps in the Dark. The romance was particularly unconvincing. #goldenagemystery

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Christy2318
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I'm living in the #goldenage of #mystery with Georgette Heyer as I fly across the friendly skies.

quirkyreader How was this one. I almost bought it, but I am on a restriction. If it's not free or at the library I have to skip it. But luckily this tittle is on Overdrive. 8y
Christy2318 @quirkyreader I'm reading it from Overdrive. So far it's okay but I liked Footsteps in the Dark more. 8y
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