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Tenant for Death by Cyril Hare

deegee24's review

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4.0

Cyril Hare's first detective novel is written with style and wit. The description of a London suburb in the opening pages is proof alone of Hare's rare talent. The other reason to read this book is to see how Hare departs from the country house milieu of the Golden Age mysteries and introduces new, more modern criminals and motives from the world of high finance.

cimorene1558's review

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4.0

A fine Inspector Mallet mystery about a murdered businessman with a lot of enemies.

pgchuis's review

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4.0

A police procedural, featuring Inspector Mallett, concerning the murder of a ruined financier. I liked Mallett and enjoyed the story, although it became a little tiresome by the end. I am not sure why the chapter with Fanshawe and his daughter was included. The tone was light with touches of humour.

Sadly the interesting and important protagonists were all male; the female characters consisted of secretaries, the dead man's mistress and a gullible girlfriend.

tannat's review

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4.0

3.5 stars
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