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4591181Whatevers Been Going on at Mumblesby?https://www.gandhi.com.mx/whatever-s-been-going-on-at-mumblesby--9781788420273/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4234155/8d4caa6f-d60b-4caf-a92a-bde52f9b6cf8.jpg?v=6384465344555000001313MXNPrelude BooksInStock/Ebooks/4393640Whatevers Been Going on at Mumblesby?1313https://www.gandhi.com.mx/whatever-s-been-going-on-at-mumblesby--9781788420273/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4234155/8d4caa6f-d60b-4caf-a92a-bde52f9b6cf8.jpg?v=638446534455500000InStockMXN99999DIEbook9781788420273_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_<p><strong>In Flaxboroughs posh neighbouring village, Mumblesbury, the local solicitor, Richard Daspard Loughbury, has suddenly died.</strong></p><p>Natural causes it appears, but <strong>DI Purbright</strong> and the ever-helpful <strong>Miss Lucy Teatime</strong> are taken aback by the quality of Loughburys art collection including a Paul Klee, a Corot, and even a fragment of the True Cross.</p><p>All seem to have been acquired locally and the question of blackmail hangs in the air. Loughburys decidedly un-posh widow, Zoe, is less than grief-stricken, as are a cast of colourful characters from randy farmers to gin-soaked county types. Then, the recent suicide of a local farmers wife also begins to look questionable.</p><p><strong>Witty and a little wicked, this final tale in Colin Watsons Flaxborough series offers a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.</strong></p><h2>What people are saying about the Flaxborough series:</h2><p>Colin Watson wrote <strong>the best English detective stories ever</strong>. They work beautifully as whodunnits but its really the world he creates and populates ... and the quality of the writing which makes these stories utterly superior.</p><p>The Flaxborough Chronicles are satires on the underbelly of English provincial life, very well observed, very funny and witty, written with an apt turn of phrase ... <strong>A complete delight</strong>.</p><p><strong>If you have never read Colin Watson - start now</strong>. And savour the whole series.</p><p>Light-hearted, well written, wickedly observed and very funny - <strong>the Flaxborough books are a joy</strong>. Highly recommended.</p><p><strong>How English can you get?</strong> Watsons wry humour, dotty characters, baddies who are never too bad, plots that make a sort of sense. Should I end up on a desert island Colin Watsons books are the ones Id want with me.</p><p><strong>A classic of English fiction</strong>... Yes, it is a crime novel, but it is so much more. Wonderful use of language, wry yet sharp humour and a delight from beginning to end.</p><p>Colin Watson threads some serious commentary and not a little sadness and tragedy within his usual <strong>excellent satire on small town morality and eccentricities</strong>.</p><p>Re-reading it now, I am struck by just how many laugh-out-loud moments it contains. <strong>A beautifully written book</strong>.</p><p>As always, hypocricy and skulduggery are rife, and the good do not necessarily emerge triumphant. Set aside plenty of time to read this book - <strong>you wont want to put it down once youve started it!</strong></p><p>Colin Watson writes in such an understated, humorous way that I follow Inspector Purbrights investigation <strong>with a smile on my face from start to finish</strong>.</p><p>If you enjoy classic mysteries with no graphic violence and <strong>marvellously well drawn characters</strong> then give the Flaxborough series a try - you will not be disappointed.</p><h2>Editorial reviews:</h2><p>Watson has <strong>an unforgivably sharp eye for the ridiculous</strong>. <em>New York Times</em></p><p>Flaxborough is Colin Watsons quiet English town whose outward respectability masks a seething pottage of greed, crime and vice ... Mr Watson <strong>wields a delightfully witty pen dripped in acid</strong>. <em>Daily Telegraph</em></p><p><strong>Arguably the best of comic crime writers</strong>, delicately treading the line between wit and farce ... Funny, stylish and good mysteries to boot. <em>Time Out</em></p><p>A great lark, <strong>full of preposterous situations and pokerfaced wit</strong>. Cecil Day-Lewis</p><p><strong>One of the best</strong>. As always with Watson, the writing is sharp and stylish and wickedly funny! <em>Literary Review</em></p><p><strong>The rarest of comic crime writers</strong>, one with the gift of originality. Julian Symons</p><p>Flaxborough, <strong>that olde-worlde town with Dada trimmings</strong>. <em>Sunday Times</em></p>(*_*)9781788420273_<p><strong>In Flaxboroughs posh neighbouring village, Mumblesbury, the local solicitor, Richard Daspard Loughbury, has suddenly died.</strong></p><p>Natural causes it appears, but <strong>DI Purbright</strong> and the ever-helpful <strong>Miss Lucy Teatime</strong> are taken aback by the quality of Loughburys art collection including a Paul Klee, a Corot, and even a fragment of the True Cross.</p><p>All seem to have been acquired locally and the question of blackmail hangs in the air. Loughburys decidedly un-posh widow, Zoe, is less than grief-stricken, as are a cast of colourful characters from randy farmers to gin-soaked county types. Then, the recent suicide of a local farmers wife also begins to look questionable.</p><p><strong>Witty and a little wicked, this final tale in Colin Watsons Flaxborough series offers a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.</strong></p><h2>What people are saying about the Flaxborough series:</h2><p>"Colin Watson wrote <strong>the best English detective stories ever</strong>. They work beautifully as whodunnits but its really the world he creates and populates ... and the quality of the writing which makes these stories utterly superior."</p><p>"The Flaxborough Chronicles are satires on the underbelly of English provincial life, very well observed, very funny and witty, written with an apt turn of phrase ... <strong>A complete delight</strong>."</p><p>"<strong>If you have never read Colin Watson - start now</strong>. And savour the whole series."</p><p>"Light-hearted, well written, wickedly observed and very funny - <strong>the Flaxborough books are a joy</strong>. Highly recommended."</p><p>"<strong>How English can you get?</strong> Watsons wry humour, dotty characters, baddies who are never too bad, plots that make a sort of sense. Should I end up on a desert island Colin Watsons books are the ones Id want with me."</p><p>"<strong>A classic of English fiction</strong>... Yes, it is a crime novel, but it is so much more. Wonderful use of language, wry yet sharp humour and a delight from beginning to end."</p><p>"Colin Watson threads some serious commentary and not a little sadness and tragedy within his usual <strong>excellent satire on small town morality and eccentricities</strong>."</p><p>"Re-reading it now, I am struck by just how many laugh-out-loud moments it contains. <strong>A beautifully written book</strong>."</p><p>"As always, hypocricy and skulduggery are rife, and the good do not necessarily emerge triumphant. Set aside plenty of time to read this book - <strong>you wont want to put it down once youve started it!</strong>"</p><p>"Colin Watson writes in such an understated, humorous way that I follow Inspector Purbrights investigation <strong>with a smile on my face from start to finish</strong>."</p><p>"If you enjoy classic mysteries with no graphic violence and <strong>marvellously well drawn characters</strong> then give the Flaxborough series a try - you will not be disappointed."</p><h2>Editorial reviews:</h2><p>"Watson has <strong>an unforgivably sharp eye for the ridiculous</strong>." <em>New York Times</em></p><p>"Flaxborough is Colin Watsons quiet English town whose outward respectability masks a seething pottage of greed, crime and vice ... Mr Watson <strong>wields a delightfully witty pen dripped in acid</strong>." <em>Daily Telegraph</em></p><p>"<strong>Arguably the best of comic crime writers</strong>, delicately treading the line between wit and farce ... Funny, stylish and good mysteries to boot." <em>Time Out</em></p><p>"A great lark, <strong>full of preposterous situations and pokerfaced wit</strong>." Cecil Day-Lewis</p><p>"<strong>One of the best</strong>. As always with Watson, the writing is sharp and stylish and wickedly funny!" <em>Literary Review</em></p><p>"<strong>The rarest of comic crime writers</strong>, one with the gift of originality." Julian Symons</p><p>"Flaxborough, <strong>that olde-worlde town with Dada trimmings</strong>." <em>Sunday Times</em></p>...9781788420273_Prelude Bookslibro_electonico_9ff1db3b-768d-3061-b3eb-e8ac4f84809d_9781788420273;9781788420273_9781788420273