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Original Title:	Death Is No Sportsman
ISBN:	1842326481 (ISBN13: 9781842326480)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Inspector Mallett #2

Death is No Sportsman (Inspector Mallett #2) Paperback | Pages: 222 pages

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Title	:	Death is No Sportsman (Inspector Mallett #2)
Author	:	Cyril Hare
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 222 pages
Published	:	July 1st 2002 by House of Stratus (first published 1938)
Categories	:	Mystery. Crime. Fiction

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Not the best Hare I've read, honestly, but still I give it a 4.5. The beginning is very dry but once things kick off it's a pretty fun read.

I was expecting more, I must say. It sort of feels like an Agatha Christie written by her rather staid guy friend. Which is probably close to the mark. Other Hares didn't feel this way to me--maybe it's the setting. There is some solid prose and great characters here but in my opinion the mystery is a little too dependent on timetables and maps instead of characters and plot.

If you like fly fishing or if you're curious about fly fishing, and if you like whodunits not just with maps but with a map you will reference about fifty times, then this book's for you. If you love Golden Age mysteries, this book's for you.

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Ratings: 3.78 From 102 Users | 10 Reviews

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Not the strongest mystery plot ever, and the solution was pretty weak. But still, Hare writes well enough to make the series worth pursuing.

Cyril Hare was the pseudonymn of Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark who was the third son of Henry Herbert Gordon Clark of Mickleham Hall, a merchant in the wine and spirit trade in the family firm of Matthew Clark & Sons.Having spent most of his formative years in the country where he learned to hunt, shoot and fish, he was educated at St Aubyn's, Rottingdean and Rugby, where he won a prize forWhile I figured out a few aspects of the case early on, the actual solution was a surprise since my 'deductions' (really guesses) turned out to be misleading!I am glad that there was a map of the area at the beginning of the book, as I referred to it several times while reading. Also, it was nice that Inspector Mallett, being a Londoner, needed to have some aspects of fly fishing explained to him so that I the reader could learn them too.

The four men have clubbed together to purchase fishing rights for a stretch of the famous Didder River, despite bad relations with the local landowner. But when he's found shot to death, they all come under suspicion. The fishing lore comes at the reader hot and heavy (wet and muddy?), but fortunately Inspector Mallett is only interested in catching a murderer.

An Inspector Mallet mystery without Pettigrew--they more often feature together--but a pleasant English countryside mystery without anything too dreadfully cozy about it.

This was an odd book for me because every time I picked it up I found it well-written and interesting, but it took me quite a while to finish it. Maybe it is because I don't know much about fishing. I did feel like the pace picked up once the police showed up on the scene, and some of the characters were very funny. I didn't like it as much as An English Murder, but I am still planning on reading more of Hare's books.



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