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Why Shoot a Butler?

byGeorgette Heyer

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Second to none in her ability to make detective stories, Georgette Heyer is queen of the genre.

'Thoroughly entertaining' Historical Novels Review

It is a complete mystery why anyone would choose to murder the trusted old butler of Norton Manor.

Barrister turned amateur detective, Frank Amberley, has reason to suspect that the shooting involves the nervy young lady discovered at the scene of the crime, a snooping gentleman in the halls of Greythorne and then a second dead body.

A dramatic tale of upstairs, downstairs and family secrets.

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Readers adore Georgette Heyer:

'A fun, entertaining, suspenseful, well-mannered, classic murder mystery with all the hijinks that makes the genre so beloved!'

'Better than Agatha Christie'
'A thoroughly enjoyable read!'

'A well crafted mystery with nicely drawn characters'


'Highly recommended!'

'We had better start ranking Heyer alongside such incomparable whodunit authors as Christie, Marsh, Tey and Allingham'

San Francisco Chronicle

About Georgette Heyer

Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.
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  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • ISBN: 9781409049333
  • Length: 320 pages
  • Price: £4.99
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