Bone Idle (A Superintendent Bone Mystery) - Hardcover

Stacey, Susannah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671735314 ISBN 13: 9780671735319

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1993

Synopsis

Honeymooning at the home of a close friend, superintendent Robert Bone and his new bride are shocked when their friend's husband and an unpopular tourist are murdered, and Bone is prompted to investigate despite local resistance.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

In this delicious whodunit, the admirable Superintendent Robert Bone (The Late Lady) finds himself solving murder on his honeymoon at Roke Castle, where he and his clever bride, Grizel, are staying as the guests of Lord Roke and his wife. Also at the manse is a tour group, one of whose members promptly ruins Bone's idyll by falling to his death from the roof of the castle. Then Lord Roke himself is gruesomely murdered, and the witty and soft-spoken Bone, initially nonplussed, gathers himself to investigate. Roke was a difficult man given to practical jokes (like keeping a caiman in his swimming pool). His long-suffering wife has many reasons for wanting him dead, one of which is Adrian Nash, the houseguest who wouldn't leave (even after he was nearly devoured by the caiman) and with whom Roke may have been having an affair. Several members of the tour group, too, are interested in more than the formal gardens. After a slow start, Stacey offers many intriguing possibilities as every character?from the tour-group members to the butler?engages a reader's attention and suspicion. Above it all shines the exemplary Bone, who manages to solve the case without alienating his wife or treading on the outsized boots of local law enforcement.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

During their honeymoon, Superintendent Robert Bone and his new wife, Grizel, visit Grizel's friend Jane and her husband, Lord Roke, at Roke Castle. After a disliked tour guide falls to his death and someone murders Lord Roke, Bone can only sit idly by as local police investigate. Bone keeps a finger on the pulse, nonetheless, for a satisfactory conclusion. From the author of The Late Lady (Pocket, 1994).
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0671735314
• ISBN 13: 9780671735319
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 311