I finished
The Murder of My Aunt
Richard Hull
6.34 at BOB- $.40 rewards.
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Product Description
In the beautiful Welsh countryside, Edward Powell is keeping a detailed account of his attempts to do away with his aunt. Of course, the murder of his only living relative is a preposterous notion, but that is exactly what this rather affected young man intends to do. Looked at strictly from Edward’s point of view there is some excuse for malice, but on the other hand his wealthy aunt has every reason to feel unfriendly toward him.
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http://www.booksonboard.com/index.ph...l%2C%20Richard
Also at Kobo in PDF for $6.19 (less with coupon)
http://kobobooks.com/ebook/The-Murde...cAA/page1.html
This was soooo good. You will like it if you have a slightly warped sense of humor. I have to say it was one of the most unusual mysteries I have read. Some twists to it and it was good right down to the last sentence, which was just priceless. lol
Copied from my other thread:
I was reading about Hull at the Langtail Press website and this pretty much says it all:
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A bold experimenter, Hull often used the first person and peopled his books with unpleasant characters. Although dealing with murder, his novels are generally not of the ordinary detective nature; Hull instead specialized in unusual approaches to narrative. An intriguing and innovative crime novelist...
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And this was only his first book.
And wouldn't you know, this is the only book they have out by him so far.
I think I am going to have to email them.
