A Dismal Thing to Do

Name: A Dismal Thing to Do
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Charlotte MacLeod
ISBN: 9781696605700

Author: Charlotte MacLeod

Series: Madoc and Janet Rhys Mysteries #3

Narrator: Charlotte MacLeod

Unabridged: 6 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 06/22/2021

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Amateur Sleuth

Synopsis

A Canadian snowstorm and an overturned truck lead to trouble: "MacLeod can be counted on for a witty, literate and charming mystery" (Publishers Weekly).

Janet Rhys is driving through the backwoods of Canada when she sees the truck ahead of her lose control, smash into a snow bank, and flip sideways, completely blocking the road. Springing to action, she darts into a nearby barn, searching for something to use to rescue the person trapped inside. When she hears an explosion, Janet returns to find the truck is nothing but smoking wreckage, and the driver has stolen her car. Janet takes shelter in an abandoned house, and is waiting for help to come when the truck driver's accomplices set fire to her hideout. Just before she is engulfed in flames, she leaps through a window and escapes into the snow. The killers think their witness is dead, and if Janet doesn't move quickly, they will be right.

About Charlotte MacLeod

Charlotte MacLeod (1922-2005) was an internationally bestselling author of cozy mysteries. Born in Canada, she moved to Boston as a child, and lived in New England most of her life. After graduating from college, she made a career in advertising, writing copy for the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company before moving on to Boston firm N. H. Miller & Co., where she rose to the rank of vice president. In her spare time, MacLeod wrote short stories, and in 1964 published her first novel, a children's book called Mystery of the White Knight.

In Rest You Merry (1978), MacLeod introduced Professor Peter Shandy, a horticulturist and amateur sleuth whose adventures she would chronicle for two decades. The Family Vault (1979) marked the first appearance of her other best-known characters: the husband and wife sleuthing team Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn, whom she followed until her last novel, The Balloon Man, in 1998.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ivonne on May 06, 2017

A Dismal Thing to Do is the third in the series featuring Detective Inspector Madoc Rhys of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and his wife Janet. It’s also the best, even though I loved A Pint of Murder and Murder Goes Mumming, Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. That Madoc and Janet head back to the greate......more

Goodreads review by Maria on August 12, 2022

As the saga of Rhys and Janet continues, the reader meets previous characters again, many of which are improving, and is introduced to many new ones. Rhys investigates with Janet's help the destruction of property on a back road and the "possible" attempted murder of Janet. One doesn't quite believe......more

Goodreads review by Jenn on May 15, 2017

This is probably my least favorite of the series, although it was still rather good and quite charming. I am coming rather quickly to love Madoc and Janet.......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 19, 2018

I’d never come across Charlotte MacLeod before, and was sent this by my Canadian friend Suzy. “America’s Reigning Whodunit Queen” trumpets the blurb in the back matter of this paperback dating from 1988, followed by a quote comparing her to Agatha Christie. And with good reason, it turns out. When I......more

Goodreads review by PR on October 27, 2024

Another fun read from Charlotte MacLeod. Complex case, convoluted in spots, fun to read in spite of that, great characters, light romance, all tied up in her proverbial bow at the end of the novel, as per usual. Her run on sentences can't compare to mine...hahaha. Anyhoo...another fun, funny, challeng......more