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A review by slferg
Buried for Pleasure by Edmund Crispin
5.0
I thought I had read almost all of Crispin, but apparently I missed this one. I thoroughly enjoyed it - as always.
Fen has decided to broaden his horizons by running for Parliament. So he goes down to the borough he is campaigning for and learns about campaigning. He worries whether he will win the election since he has waited so late to start his campaign, but his contact assures him that is what will win - he's taken his oppponets by surprise and they aren't ready to deal with him. The only inn he can stay in has an overzealous owner who is trying to remodel it on his own and begins work promptly at 7 o'clock every morning - which is way too early for Fen. He sees a man staying at the inn who looks familiar though he can't recall his name or occupation. There is also a mysterious good-looking girl who attracts his attention. But mostly, he thinks he just wants to win the seat he is running for. The usual cast of characters (and I mean 'characters') makes this fun.
Fen has decided to broaden his horizons by running for Parliament. So he goes down to the borough he is campaigning for and learns about campaigning. He worries whether he will win the election since he has waited so late to start his campaign, but his contact assures him that is what will win - he's taken his oppponets by surprise and they aren't ready to deal with him. The only inn he can stay in has an overzealous owner who is trying to remodel it on his own and begins work promptly at 7 o'clock every morning - which is way too early for Fen. He sees a man staying at the inn who looks familiar though he can't recall his name or occupation. There is also a mysterious good-looking girl who attracts his attention. But mostly, he thinks he just wants to win the seat he is running for. The usual cast of characters (and I mean 'characters') makes this fun.