The Saint Valentine's Day Murders: A Robert Amiss Mystery #2 (Robert Amiss Mysteries)
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (634 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003YDXML4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 408 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Then it escalates and finally culminates in callous murder by means of boxes of poisoned chocolates sent to the bureaucrats’ wives. Only Amiss’s sense of humour and the joys of visiting Rachel, his new love in Paris, keep him sane.The malice, envy and anger that burgeons among the filing cabinets is first expressed in pettiness and then in unpleasant practical jokes. Life in a dismal bureaucratic cul-de-sac is not what Robert Amiss expects when the British civil service lends him for a year to the British Conservation Corporation. Morale is not improved by the arrival of Melissa, a radical feminist lesbian separatist. In fact, he finds himself condemned to a non-job in a backwater, managing disgruntled and demoralized time-servers who deeply resent him. With the help of Ellis Pooley, a young detective obsessed with fictional sleuths, Amiss and his friend, Superintendent Milton, search for motives in an office where marital discord and broken dreams might drive anyone to murder.
The St Valentine's Day Murders Robert Amiss, a civil servant, has been seconded to the British Conservation Corporation for a year. He is not happy about it but doesn't feel he has any choice in the matter and prepares himself for a year of boredom. Gradually he does come to like a few of his staff even the practical joker, Tiny. But then, more than half way through his secondment boxes of chocolates are sent to the wives of his colleagues for St Valentine's Day. The chocolates are poisoned and the result is several deaths. Robert finds himself helping Superintendent Jim Milton with his enquiries once again.I though the author brought the office background to life and I . The Second Time Around I have read all of the books in this series before and they are just as entertaining the second time. A real bargain on some great reads.. Emme said Four Stars. Another great story.