![]() ![]() Julia, at age thirty five, had given up hope that she would ever marry.īut marry she did, although to a country practitioner. The Crewstatons were a family of position if no longer of means, due to the profligate spending habits of Sir Charles, the twelfth baronet. Bickleigh’s marriage to Miss Julia Crewstaton, spinster, was a tepid one, lacking any warmth or passion from the start. I’ve noticed before that in English society in the early/middle part of the last century, a doctor was considered more of a working man or a skilled laborer than a professional.ĭr. The good doctor (emphasis mine) is a general practitioner in a small town in England. Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter.” Honestly, if that doesn’t make you want to continue reading, I don’t know what will. Malice Aforethought begins with a sentence that will surely grab the reader: “It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Dr. ![]() ![]() But I started feeling guilty about all the old “masterpieces” that may not be familiar to everyone, so here is a classic. That’s probably because there have been so many outstanding newly-published mysteries that I didn’t give ones I’d read years ago a second thought. It’s been almost two years since I’ve written a post about a Golden Oldie. ![]()
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