Georgette Heyer

En el tranquilo pueblo de Ashleigh Green, bajo la plateada luz de la luna, aparece un cadáver en medio del parque. Cuando el inspector Hannasyde se hace cargo del caso se encuentra con una situación inaudita, pues no solo ninguna de las personas cercanas al acaudalado Arnold Vereker lamenta su muerte, sino que nadie parece tener una coartada, ni muestra el menor interesen simularla. ¡Y muchos tenian por lo menos un motivo! El inspector se encontrara pronto envuelto en el torbellino Vereker, esa impetuosa y rebelde forma de comportarse de esta excentrica familia. Giros inesperados y revelaciones sorprendentes exigiran toda la paciencia y la sagacidad de Hannasyde para desenredar la maraña. Para quienes se hayan deleitado con Aqui hay veneno, la primera entrega de la serie de suspense de Georgette Heyer ambientada en los años treinta, Muerte en el cepo es sin duda una lectura esperada. Humor acido, dialogos vertiginosos, enredos romanticos y todo el glamur de una epoca brillan en las paginas de esta gran autora que, sobre todo, sabe atrapar al lector con sus inolvidables personajes.Rara vez se funden el humor y el misterio con tanta perfeccion. The New York Times

La muerte del patriarca Gregory altera la aparente tranquilidad en la elegante mansión de los Matthews. Si la avara tía Harriet no duda de que la causa fue la opulenta cena a base de pato asado y el mejor scotch, la imperiosa Gertrude exige una autopsia. Asi pues, en medio de un cruce de acusaciones mas o menos veladas, los examenes confirmaran lo peor: ¡veneno! Y aunque los miembros de la familia parecen dispuestos a colaborar con el comisario Hannasyde, cada nueva pista no hace sino confirmar que todos tenian motivos para matar al pobre Gregory.Primera entrega de la serie de suspense de Georgette Heyer ambientada en los años treinta. El humor caustico, los dialogos chispeantes y la viveza de unos personajes moldeados con maestria caracterizan estas novelas que han deleitado a varias generaciones de lectores y recabado multiples elogios de criticos como el famoso Jacques Barzun, que incluyo a Heyer en el panteon de las mejores escritoras de misterio inglesas.

The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century Georgette Heyer - Clad in his customary black and silver, with raven hair unpowdered and elaborately dressed, diamonds on his fingers and in his cravat, Hugh Tracy Clare Belmanoir, Duke of Andover, sat at the escritoire in the library of his town house, writing. He wore no rouge on his face, the almost unnatural pallor of which seemed designedly enhanced by a patch set beneath his right eye. Brows and lashes were black, the former slanting slightly up at the corners, but his narrow, heavy-lidded eyes were green and strangely piercing. The thin lips curled a little, sneering, as one dead-white hand travelled to and fro across the paper. ... but it seems that the Fair Lady has a Brother, who, finding Me Enamoured, threw down the Gauntlet. I soundly whipt the presumptuous Child, and so the Affair ends. Now, as you, My dear Frank, also took some Interest in the Lady, I write for the Express Purpose of informing You that at my Hands she has received no Hurt, nor is not like to. This I in part tell You that You shall not imagine Yr self in Honor bound again to call Me out, which Purpose, an I mistake not, I yesterday read in Yr Eyes. I should be Exceeding loth to meet You in a Second Time, when I should consider it my Duty to teach You an even severer Lesson than Before. This I am not Wishful of doing for the Liking I bear You. "So in all Friendship believe me, Frank, "Your most Obedient, Humble "DEVIL

The Transformation of Philip Jettan Georgette Heyer - Philip Jettan cares nothing for style and society. The Sussex squires son confines his pursuits to farming and his captivating neighbor, Cleone Charteris. But Cleone is simply lower back from London, where shes attracted the eye of a rushing new suitor who is schooled in the artwork of courtship. Looking at her old buddy with new eyes, Cleone dismisses Philip as "a uncooked u . S . Bumpkin," so the wounded younger farmer retreats to Paris to accumulate refinement. Returning as a fashionably attired man of the world, Philip astounds Cleone together with his new mannersbut to his dismay, he discovers that he may have lost his sweetheart alongside with his rough edges.Georgette Heyer (1902seventy four) changed into among her eras most distinguished writers of ancient romances. Inspired via Jane Austen, she often set her testimonies in the Regency length, and her atmospheric novels gained extensive praise and admiration for their scrupulous ancient accuracy. Starting at the age of seventeen with The Black Moth, Heyer wrote numerous dozen books, including detective fiction and thrillers. This edition of The Transformation of Philip Jettan restores the unique very last chapter, which changed into eliminated whilst the novel became republished as Powder and Patch.

The Priory may be ramshackled in appearance, but Peter, Margaret and Celia, who have inherited it from their uncle, love it for its rambling charm. But theres more to this house than is at first apparent: for years hardly a single person has set foot in the place, and even their uncle chose to live in a different house.

The stabbing of irascible General Sir Arthur Billington-Smith fails to stir up grief in anyone - least of all his family, which is no wonder considering the way he had treated them all during the fateful weekend. Inspector Harding picks his way through a mass of familial discontent to find the culprit - and find much more besides.

When Ernest Fletcher is found bludgeoned to death in his study, everyone is shocked and mystified: Ernest was well-liked and respected, so who would have a motive for killing him?Enter Superintendent Hannasyde who, with consummate skill, begins to uncover the complexities of Fletchers life.

The Vereker family are corrupt and eccentric -and hardly cooperative ... Its another case for the resourceful Superintendent Hannasyde, who sets off on the trail of a killer so cunning that even his consummate powers of detection are tested to their limits...

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 civilised game of Duplicate Bridge ends in a double murder in which both victims were strangled with a tourniquet of picture wire. The crimes seem identical, but were they carried out by the same hand? The odds of solving this crime are stacked up against Inspector Hemingway. Fortunately, this first-rate detective doesnt miss a trick.

The death of Adam Penhallow on the eve of his birthday seems, at first, to be by natural causes. He was so bad tempered and mean that both his servants and his family hated him. It soon transpires that far from being a peaceful death, Penhallow was, in fact, murdered.

In 1815, beneath the aegis of the Army of Occupation, Brussels is the gayest town in Europe. And the widow Lady Barbara Childe, renowned for being as outrageous as she is beautiful, fashionable and light-hearted. When she meets Charles Audley, her joie de vivre knows no bounds - until the eve of the fateful Battle of Waterloo...

Slumped on a seat under an oak tree is old Sampson Warrenby, with a bullet through his brain. He is discovered by his anxious niece, Mavis, who is just one of the tne people in the village in the running for chief suspect, having just cause to dislike Warrenby intensely.

Tragedy befalls the Carter family following an eventful visit from a Russian prince and a scandalous blackmail letter. The murder of Wally Carter generates a bewildering mystery - how does one shoot a man crossing a narrow bridge without being near the murder weapon when it is fired?

The theory that Silas accidentally lost his way in the fog is confirmed when the coroner returns a verdict of death by misadventure. But then Kanes nephew and heir is murdered and threats are made on the next in line to the fortune, throwing a new and sinister light on Silas Kanes death.

When Gregory Matthews, patriarch of the Poplars is found dead one morning, imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper. It falls to Superintendent Hannasyde to sift through all the secrets and lies and discover just who killed Gregory Matthews, before the killer strikes again...

John, Duke of Bedford, grew to manhood fighting for his father, King Henry IV of England, on the wild and lawless Northern Marches. A prince of the royal blood, loyal, strong, the greatest ally that his brother - the future Henry V - was to have.

Jack Carstares, oldest son of the Earl Wyncham, has been disgraced by his brother. Gone for six years, living the life a highwayman he meets the woman he will fall in love with. Saving her from being kidnapped by a dastardly blackguard he is injured and must stay with her family until he is able to return to his life...will she discovery his true identity? Will he be able to leave her when the time comes? Mystery and humor follow this intriguing cast of characters until the very end. (Summary by Terra Mendoza