A Death for a Dilettante/A Death for a Dietician by E.X. Giroux - ISBN: 9781631943324
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Rich coot, 87 suspects, and a locked-room murder: Forsythe’s on it.

A Death for a Dilettante/A Death for a Dietician

Robert Forsythe 5 and 6

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  • Paperback

    540 pages

  • Release Date

    2 September 2025

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Summary

Robert Forsythe, London’s favorite gentleman sleuth, is called to determine which of 87 suspects is taking potshots at a rich old coot, and Forsythe’s intrepid assistant finds herself in the middle of a locked-room murder mystery.

You thought the quest for eternal life was a new preoccupation, the preserve of tech bros with too much money? Not so. It’s the 1980s, and rich old dilettante Winslow Maxwell Penndragon is shooting for a century or more…but somebody else is …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781631943324
ISBN-10:1631943324
Author:E.X. Giroux
Publisher:Felony & Mayhem
Imprint:Felony & Mayhem
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:540
Release Date:2 September 2025
Weight:478g
Dimensions:203mm x 139mm
Series:Forsythe Duet
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Critics Review

“The strange, often deftly amusing story moves to a fantastic denouement.” —Publishers Weekly“Deftly drawn characters and a marvelously crafted whodunnit” —Daily Herald-Tribune

About The Author

E.X. Giroux

E.X. Giroux was a pseudonym for Doris Shannon. Born in the US in 1924, she grew up in Canada, and is best known for her series of mysteries set in England. The novels feature Robert Forsyth, a Londoner who solves crimes as a sideline. Ms. Shannon died in 2012 in upstate New York and is survived by her two daughters.

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