Search - Behold, Here's Poison

After slogging through some of Heyer's duds (No Wind of Blame and Death in the Stocks) I was beginning to worry that getting through my stack of 7 Heyer murder mysteries was going to be a chore. Happily, Behold, Here's Poison was every bit as good as Why Shoot a Butler? and The Unfinished Clue.

This offering features a cast of family and friends who all have the motive, means and opportunity to murder gruff and bullying Gregory Matthews, who is found dead in his bed. Did he die of natural causes? The doctor called to the scene thinks so, but is overruled by Gregory's sister, who wants a second opinion. Good call that, because toxicology results show that Matthews died of nicotine poisoning.

Scotland Yard inspector Hannasyde sifts through everyone's alibis to arrive at the truth, but it takes a second murder before the killer is exposed.

Good stuff for murder mystery fans. Compares pretty favorably to Christie, although she still trumps Heyer, IMO.

Enjoyable book to read. Heyer takes you from character to character for the possibilities of who the murderer may be. Along the way, you get a great picture of all the varied characters involved in the plot.