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Death on Doomsday (Pollard & Toye Investigations Book 4) Kindle Edition

by Elizabeth Lemarchand (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Pollard & Toye are ready to solve another cosy mystery! Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, M C Beaton, Sophie Hannah and Faith Martin.

Does someone in the village have a motive for murder…?

The aristocratic Tirle family have made their Elizabethan manor house, Brent, open to the public for the first time in its history.

All seems to be going well… until a corpse is discovered by one of the visitors.

With clues pointing to a spate of manor house break-ins across the country, the local force call upon Detective Superintendent Pollard and Detective Sergeant Toye from Scotland Yard to help.

Can Pollard and Toye find the identity of the dead man? Did the Tirle family have anything to do with the murder?

Will they crack the case of this Death on Doomsday?

Death on Doomsday is the fourth cosy village mystery in the Pollard & Toye crime series: an intriguing police procedural set in rural England.

'Detective story in the classic tradition' – Evening News

'In the best Agatha Christie tradition' – Argosy

THE POLLARD & TOYE INVESTIGATIONS SERIES
Book One: Death of an Old Girl
Book Two: The Affacombe Affair
Book Three: Alibi for a Corpse
Book Four: Death on Doomsday
Book Five: Cyanide With Compliments
Book Six: No Vacation From Murder
Book Seven: Buried in the Past
Book Eight: Step in the Dark
Book Nine: Unhappy Returns
Book Ten: Suddenly While Gardening
Book Eleven: Change for the Worse
Book Twelve: Nothing to Do with the Case
Book Thirteen: Troubled Waters
Book Fourteen: The Wheel Turns
Book Fifteen: Light Through Glass
Book Sixteen: Who Goes Home?
Book Seventeen: The Glade Manor Murder
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07K4BM2W3
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sapere Books (November 22, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 22, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.0 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 214 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1912786338
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  • Galla
    5.0 out of 5 stars A serendipitous find
    Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2019
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    I found this book while looking for a good read and it was a serendipitous find. This book, and others in the series, it just right for those who like police procedurals without the whiz bang effects of modern technology or sex and violence. Detectives Pollard and Toye rely on hard work, use of maps and time lines and intelligent deduction based on evidence at hand. Set in the 1960's, this mystery involves a corpse found in the priest hole of a stately house. Who is he and who murdered him is the puzzle. The characters are realistic and attractive, especially Supt. Pollard. The setting, the language, the circumstances of the people are evocative of an England that no longer seems to exist. I am looking forward to reading all in the series.
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  • Allen
    4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent mystery
    Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2020
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    This series, written in the 60s-70s, is quite smart. Tends to rely heavily on brain power, as there were no computers, cell phones, etc.
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  • J. A. Mine
    5.0 out of 5 stars A well paced investigation
    Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2020
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    I enjoyed this Pollard and Toye investigation of the murder of an unidentified victim found in a priest hole in a stately and historic British mansion. The pieces of this puzzle take time to fall into place, but the wait is worth it.
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  • Prof
    3.0 out of 5 stars Still Pretty Good
    Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2020
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    Although I read through the first two Pollard and Toye books with eagerness, I found that Death on Doomsday didn’t have the zip of the first two. It was very slow paced with much repetitive dialog. Although the mystery was pretty good, the solution wasn’t really credible. The bad guy however was excellently chosen. There were some excellent characters in the book but they were presented in a manner that made it difficult to remember and keep them all straight. Pollard was as interesting as ever. I do wish the character of Toye were more developed, but revealing his fascination with movies was a good start.

    This was not a bad book and I’d still recommend reading it. As for me I’m going to read something else for awhile and come back again later.
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  • mary smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2017
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    Done already
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Another fine read in this series
    Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2019
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    These books in this series continue to be just great reading.
    Hope the next books are as good reading as the first ones have been.
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  • B. Shirley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Old style British detective novel, well written
    Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2018
    If you like action, serial killers etc, this is not the author for you. She wrote in the 1960s, and has a good understanding of police procedural before DNA, and contemporary advances in forensic science. Consequently, her detectives rely heavily on earlier detective procedures, timelines, evidence gathering, detailed statements and pulling the threads together. She writes very well, and we can see how much world war 2 still impacts people even 20 years later. Enjoyed this one involving "stately homes" and blue bloods.
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  • BGS
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 11, 2020
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    Another seemingly impossible case for Pollard and Toye to solve, a body has been found in a priest hole at a stately home. The body has been identified as Raymond Peplow who has been living in Argentina for a number of years, so what was he doing in England and why was he found dead in a priest hole.
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  • PolgaraB
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another good mystery. Very enjoyable.
    Reviewed in Australia on April 15, 2019
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    They keep me guessing and focus on the case not personal lives. That suits me. Would recommend to lovers of good writing.
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  • Mr. A.J. PENDLEBURY
    4.0 out of 5 stars Stately Home Homicide would be a far more apt title.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 30, 2018
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    Although I am puzzled by the title ,there was much to enjoy in this quite traditional crime novel. Just banish the dire cozy word and treat it on its own merits. The setting of a country house newly opened to a gawping public is really well done. It may seem a bit old hat now but 50 years ago it seemed much more interesting. For once this author forsakes the school enviroment although she is still able to use her skills showing life in an enclosed community..albeit a somewhat artificially privileged one.

    Forget the Agatha Christie quotes in the publicity material; it doesn't really have that author's sleight of hand. It is so much more like a slightly updated Freeman Wills Crofts or John Bude ...even down to telltale oil marks in a sand quarry . A good GADetection read at a very fair price. A series to watch and enjoy so far .
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly intriguing
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 3, 2019
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    Set amongst the splendour of a Stately Home, Detective Superintendent Pollard and Detective Sergeant Toye are involved in solving their most convoluted case to date . Highly entertaining.
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