Why Shoot a Butler?
This is by far, my favorite of Georgette Heyer's detective works.
Miss Heyer gets a bad rap since Harlequin Imprint seems to have gotten copyright for paperback editions. (shudders)
Just seeing that would turn me off. But I'd read her original hardbacks, a bit dilapidated but great old covers from my local library, and loved them-- still love them. This era in time is captured, its essence in a way. Gone now...but so well illustrated as a backdrop to her puzzle like plots. Its a gorgeous way to see what life was like however fictionalized in her novels. Revealing as in Agatha Christies books. You read about rationing and coupons-- about displaced heroes from the war that were treated as liabilities in the countryside. Similar social problems with our own solders, yet all set amongst idyllic English country villages.
I also especially like Behold Here's Poison. Her characterization is great, dialog is very funny. I've read this a few times because of its Agatha feel. Just a good read to have if you're in to that sort of thing.
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