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The Case of the Canterfell Codicil (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries Book 1) by [PJ Fitzsimmons]

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There’s a literary niche for all tastes including those who think that either Agatha Christie wasn’t funny enough or that PG Wodehouse didn’t feature anywhere near as many baffling murders as he could have. The Case of the Canterfell Codicil is a classic, cosy, locked-room mystery written in the style of an homage to PG Wodehouse. The result, for those familiar with Wodehouse or Jerome K Jerome and Agatha Christie or Dorothy L Sayers, is either an inexcusable offence to several beloved canons, or a hilarious, fast-paced, manor house murder mystery.

In The Case of the Canterfell Codicil, Wodehousian gadabout and clubman Anty Boisjoly takes on his first case when his old Oxford chum and coxswain is facing the gallows, accused of the murder of his wealthy uncle. Not one but two locked-room mysteries later, Boisjoly’s pitting his wits and witticisms against a subversive butler, a senile footman, a single-minded detective-inspector, an irascible goat, and the eccentric conventions of the pastoral Sussex countryside to untangle a multi-layered mystery of secret bequests, ancient writs, love triangles, revenge, and a teasing twist in the final paragraph.

Length: 218 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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ASIN : B08K99ZWN2
Publisher : Indefensible Publishing (30 October 2020)
Language : English
File size : 1241 KB
Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
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Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 218 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : B08KJNXVB4

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K. Raffles

Amazing imitation of Wodehouse

Reviewed in Australia on 14 November 2020

I was amazed at how well PJ Fitszimmons managed to replicate the language and humour of Wodehouse. This book had me chuckling and enchanted. Of course, the hero is a little too clever to be a true Wooster archetype, as he manages to solve a baffling murder mystery, but it was nice to have intrigue and twists woven into the comedy. Highly recommended and hugely enjoyable.

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Marvin

Funny and bright cosy mystery

Reviewed in Australia on 1 January 2021

Funny and bright cosy mystery set in 1920’s.
The protagonist is an amateur brainy detective with good humour and tricks. A pleasant and relaxed character.
It reminded me of Lord Peter Wimsey series. I found a bit too much of figurative and metaphorical expressions, but overall it was funny, and the story and tricks as well as the deduction were quite good.

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Jane Page

Clever, frivolous and extremely funny

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2021

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I've read two new clever and amusing books this week, which is pretty much a record as the vast majority of writers prefer to show their cleverness with moody, depressing, something-nasty-in-the-woodshed sorts of books. So thank you very much, P J Fitzsimmons. Yes, there are ripples of Wodehouse, but Anty Boisjoly is a completely new denizen of that world and quite wonderful. (It would be impolite, and scientifically impossible, to suggest that Wooster and Jeeves got together behind the Eton bikesheds to produce Anty.) I loved Anty and the other characters, I relished the language, the plot is hilarious, and as soon as I had finished it I rushed to find the next in the series. Dear me - come along, Fitzsimmons, stop wasting time and get another book out instanter!

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A must read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2021

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Loved this book! A complicated, meticulously well-crafted murder mystery. It’s full of superb characters, vivid scenes and settings, snappy dialogue, and witty humour. A page-turner up to the very end. Enjoy!

gayle boyce

Humorous locked room mystery

Reviewed in the United States on 19 January 2021

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Really good locked room mystery reminiscent of an Agatha Christie mystery and Clue. With the calm of Poirot and deduction skills of Sherlock Holmes, Anty Boisjoly helps his school mate, Fiddles, try to find out how his Uncle Sebastian came to be thrown/or fell out of an upstairs window from a room that was locked. Colorful characters, a wealthy aristocratic family in England, Earls, seats in Parliment...who stands to gain from Sebastian's death.
Anty is good at letting the local police and investigators work on the case but all the while is figuring it out himself as the locals try to solve it all up in a day and lock up the first person they can think of. Just when things appear to be wrapping up, Sebastian's father is found dead by apparent suicide, again in a locked room. Anty is pretty sure these deaths are related to the Canterfell Odicil written 30 years ago. Very good, methodical unraveling of who dunnit peppered with hilarious quips. I look forward to book two.

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