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Death in White Pyjamas & Death Knows No Calendar

By: John Bude
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
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Two of John Bude's finest Golden Age mysteries return to the limelight.

In Death in White Pyjamas a theatre-owner, a 'slightly sinister' producer, a burgeoning playwright and a cast of ego-driven actors have gathered at a country home to read through a script. But before the production reaches the stage, one of their number is found murdered in the grounds wearing what seems to be somebody else's white pyjamas.

And in Death Knows No Calendar, detective-fiction enthusiast Major Tom Boddy is investigating a deadly shooting with no shooter in a locked artist's studio. There are four colourful suspects to scrutinise, and not one but two 'impossible' elements of the crime to solve.

Public Domain (P)2020 Soundings Cosy Detective Mystery Traditional Detectives Fiction Crime

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The first does take a long time to reach a death, but I enjoyed the getting to know the group of characters and guessing what events were going to push someone into murder.
The second had the death earlier, but the solving of it felt rather long and ponderous. The main surprises were how to solve impossible puzzles.
Getting the two stories together made the purchase worth it. Separately they wouldn’t have been worth a credit each.

First better than second

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A very enjoyable murder mystery of the golden age type. I would have liked more female characters as it was very male heavy, but a good listen.

The pace of the action.

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First of all this is not a whodunnit. I did finish this book but only because it was a 2 story for 1 credit offer. The reading takes around 6 hours and almost the first 5 hrs are pure waffle that could have been cut down to an hour. Characters are all stereotypes and predictable. When the murder finally occurs it is blatantly obvious who is guilty with no surprises or twists. Even the method of the murder which you have no chance to work out because there are no clues pointing to it is far fetched. The narration is pretty bad which makes the whole thing worse. Needless to say I will not be listening to the second book.

Poor

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The fact that a murder is pretty central to the plot of a murder mystery, is not generally taken to mean that it should occur in the middle of the book. The narrative stumbles along in its tedious style while we wait. It's not helped by the fact that the narrator, who I would guess is in his eighties, struggles mightily to imitate the voices of women in their twenties.

I died of boredom waiting for the murder

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