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Gun Before Butter
Gun Before Butter | Nicholas Freeling
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The masterpiece from a master. *Winner: Gold Dagger Award for best Crime Novel of 1963 (UK) Grand Prix de Roman Policier (France) *Police procedurals with foreign settings have become enormously popular with mystery readers. * A fascinating combination of criminal investigation with a genuinely tragic love story . *- The Observer (UK) * Freeling's masterpiece - The Age (Australia) *A joy to read...Freeling deserves a serious revival - Weekly Standard
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rabbitprincess
Gun Before Butter | Nicolas Freeling
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I quite enjoyed this mystery. The atmosphere gave me a Maigret sort of vibe: comfortably married detective with an interest in people and justice. Van der Valk was grumpy in a way I find amusing, but not without heart. I would read more if I could find them.

rwmg I vaguely remwmber the tv series from the1970s but I didn't know they were based on books 5y
rabbitprincess @rwmg There‘s a new series coming to PBS this summer, but I think it will be more inspired by than based on the books. 5y
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