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Death at the Excelsior
P. G. Wodehouse
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The captain did not answer. He was staring straight before him, as if he saw something invisible in eyes forever closed in death.
"Yesterday we found the body of a dog. It had been killed, as Captain Gunner had been, by the poison of a snake. The boy from the agency said that this was conclusive. He said that the snake had escaped from the room after killing Captain Gunner and had in turn killed the dog. I knew that to be impossible, for, if there had been a snake in that room it could not have made its escape."
Her eyes flashed, and became remorselessly accusing. "It was not a snake that killed Captain Gunner. It was a cat. Captain Gunner had a friend who hated him. One day, in opening a crate . . . Read More
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ENGLISH: This book contains seven Wodehouse stories published between 1911 and 1921 and collected posthumously. I have read them in another edition, together with four additional stories, two about Jeeves and three about Reggie Pepper. Those I've liked best are the following:
When Papa swore in Hindu
Death at the Excelsior is an engaging mystery full of wonderful characters. I never knew this author attempted to write mysteries but there you have it. It is funny and delightful. I am always looking for more obscure or unknown mysteries….sometimes it is really rewarding!
4 to 4-1/2 on this one. Two stories with Jeeves, brilliant stories, and then Wodehouse introduces a character I've never read named Reggie Pepper, who's as bone-headed and hilarious as any Wodehouse created.
I read this as part of a brilliant Goodreads group called "Reading Wodehouse" for the Januar