Tag: George Bellairs

The Dead Shall Be Raised

by George Bellairs (John Gifford, 1942)

audiobook read by Ric Jerrom (Isis, 2017)

Bellairs writes with literary pretensions and a faux-waggish jocularity, intent on scoring points off his cast of village stereotypes. While thus engaged, he leaves Inspector Littlejohn to follow basic leads and listen to confessions. A paltry, self-solving mystery with only one suspect.

Death of a Busybody

by George Bellairs (John Gifford, 1942)

audiobook read by Ric Jerrom (Isis, 2017)

Bellairs often seems quite pleased with his trenchant vignettes and depictions of village life. Punching down aside, these hardly make up for a lack of substance elsewhere. The mystery is straightforward and slight, the amiable Inspector Littlejohn engaging in precious little brainwork.