Murder in Piccadilly

Before this, I read a book titled The Piccadilly Murder by Anthony Berkeley so I decided that since I had another book with the same setting, I'd give it a go. It's a pretty reasonable setup: Bobbie Cheldon, a young man of name but not yet means, falls for a dancer in a club and wishes to marry.......more

Robert ‘Bobbie’ Cheldon is twenty-three, jobless and incapable of doing work, spoiled rotten by his mother Ruby Cheldon, and brought up in the expectation of inheriting his uncle, Massy Cheldon’s substantial estate (with an income of ten thousand a year). But Massy has a good few years, may be decad......more

I just can't resist a crime novel with a London setting and all the action in this one takes place in the heart of the West End, as the title suggests. The novel is an interesting construction because no murder takes place until halfway through the book but while we are led to realise who is probably......more

In this story we meet Bobbie, who is a spoiled young man. He does not know what a job is and the only thing he relies on is that when his uncle dies he will leave him his home and his wealth. Bobby is in love with Nancy, who is not in his class and is a dancer. However, she is quite mercantile and s......more

I just love that the Poisoned Pen Press is reprinting a series of British mysteries from the golden age of that genre (1930's through 1950's) Their first choice is a good one. It is about a man who will inherit his uncle's wealth after his passing. This is complicated by the fact that his love inte......more