The Lake District Murder (British Library Crime Classics)

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The body of a man is found at the lonely filling station in Cumbria where he is a partner, asphyxiated by car exhaust fumes. Maria Menounos, 45, reveals bizarre symptom that appeared after she ate a salad and turned out to be stage 2.

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Moving in a slow, heavy lumber, the pace of this book is weighed down by masses of detail which hold back any sense of anticipation or excitement as Inspector Meredith labours his way to the end. I enjoy the puzzle of crime detection - and this is entirely focused on the thought processes and procedures of solving the crime in a time when the detective has very few databases at his disposal and must deploy numerous police officers to gather evidence from observation. Through some astute and clever detection Inspector Meredith proves it is murder, and even tracks down the guilty party very early on in the novel.Under his own name he also wrote a number of fantasy novels, the most well-known of which is 'The Lumpton Gobbelings' (1954).

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It’s summer in the Lake District and heavy rain (sorry if I didn’t mention the likelihood of summer rain in the Lakes earlier! I don’t know if Bude invented the police procedural, but he certainly was a pioneer at a time when the mystery landscape was littered with house-party murders, genteel poisonings, titled blackmailers, and amateur sleuths taking on criminal masterminds. Thank you so much, British Library Publishing, for re-releasing this gem of a mystery novel and its sequel, The Sussex Downs Murder.It is the first in a series of novels featuring Chief Inspector Meredith, promoted at the end of case to Superintendent. I intend to read more of John Bude, the Cornish Coast Murder as well as more of Inspector Meredith (hopefully with more insight to his personal life).

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The series rolls on with Poe and Bradshaw—Book 3, The Curator (2020) is set at Christmas and a serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. I’m talking about you, Moriarty (Sir [author:Arthur Conan Doyle|2448]) and Simister (Margery Allingham)! But the hints of other crimes Tempe’s identification uncovers, particularly crimes against children, spur her on to redouble her efforts despite the new M. In October 1976 she attacked her husband, hitting and kicking until he "grabbed her round the neck and squeezed hard". That’s not necessarily a criticism, and if you want to experience the Golden Age of Crime Fiction there’s no doubt it’s worth a read… but if you were to pick just one of the British Library Crime Classics, or just one Golden Age novel, I wouldn’t recommend one of Bude’s to be it.Some fans liked the strength of the secondary characters; some of which (including Persimmon’s parents) can be eccentric. JONNY HOWES, 25, and girlfriend EMMA WISEMAN, 24, both from Leeds were holed upside the Bridge Inn, in Holmbrook, Cumbria, during the shooting. Meredith is clever at figuring out ways to collect evidence, even creating a sieve to quite literally catch evidence as it’s being disposed of. In a shooting spree which lasted less than three minutes, Hamilton, who was armed with two pistols and two revolvers, fired a total of 109 rounds. She said a female taxi driver working for her had to swerve to avoid Mr Bird's car immediately after the first shooting.