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I love both the written version and Hugh Dickson's excellent reading of the book. He helps you understand the various characters, and the emotions behind their words, in his masterful reading.

Many people have written accomplished reviews of the book, but my take is a little different. I find the "hero" - Randall Matthews - to be akin to Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. O, Randall is not put upon, or poor -- but both men are snarky and insightful -- painfully knowing in the existential way that makes them heroes with a special moral burden. Randall knows the world is highly immoral and he is trying to manage the murder of his uncle so that no one gets serious hurt. When his efforts fail, you feel his particular kind of sorrow because although the right person pays the price for the murder, the price is ridiculously high, considering the low moral character of the murdered man.

Randall deflates pretention beautifully and shows his love for his cousin, who claims to hate him, in the most indirect way possible that the culmination of their relation comes as both a happy surprise and a pleasant inevitability. He's a hero for a dark time in human affairs. The police seem virtually irrelevant as moral arbiters as they try to apply the law to this case.

Remember -- with Heyer, the first reading is not enough to "get" all the pleasures in reading her texts. This book continues to delight after 20 readings as well the little jokes and insights begin to add up and make sense.

The book is both a frivolous delight and penetratingly meaningful -- which is what Heyer seems to do effortlessly in all her various genres.

If you are a fan of Chandler, Poison will resonate and delight you.


Tags : Behold, Here's Poison [Georgette Heyer] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. When Gregory Matthews, patriarch of the Poplars is found dead one morning, imperious Aunt Harriet blames it on the roast duck he ate for supper. But a post-mortem determines the cause of death as murder by poison. It falls to Superintendent Hannasyde to sift through all the secrets and lies among the bitter,Georgette Heyer,Behold, Here's Poison,Arrow,0099493640,Fiction Mystery & Detective General,Genre Fiction

Behold Here Poison Georgette Heyer 9780099493648 Books Reviews

I love to read British mysteries and try to always reserve time to read during breakfast and about an hour or two after. Then I have other things I must get done. 'Behold Here's Poison' Just would not let me get other things done! I'd put it down and soon find it calling to me, causing me to drop whatever work I was doing to discover the next delicious clue, the next character reveal, the next fun bit of dialogue and so on.
I admit it, I do enjoy a bit of romance with my mystery and this had just enough--but that hero! Or was he the villain? I loved the dry wit of him, but the arrogance, the snootiness...or was it simply his way of seeing through so much family pretentiousness? Oh, well, the characters were all of such disorder and varying degrees of crazy-yet-sane, that following them around made for a fun read, and also made the progression of the clues all the more interesting. And what unusual poison. And the heroine was likable and strong and, given the time period (1930s), feminine and apt to turn around for help. I like that she didn't do stupidly dangerous things. And I liked the determined policeman, too.
This was a most enjoyable read, amusing, baffling and hard to put down. And the route of getting to the solution was the best part, so this is a mystery I will relish reading again one day.
I read this book shortly after reading Death in the Stocks and I enjoyed encountering some of the same characters--Giles Carrington, Superintendent Hannasyde, Sergeant Hemingway--in both books. But the star of this book, for me, was Randall Matthews, the "amiable snake" at the center of the mystery. When Randall is first introduced, the reader is not quite sure what to make of him, but as the story unfolds, Ms. Heyer slowly reveals his character as being quite other than what he seems. I enjoyed watching the relationship between Randall and Stella change and develop, and was pretty sure I knew which way it would turn out, and better yet, was pleased about it. The murder mystery was appropriately difficult to figure out--at least for me--and was resolved satisfactorily. But it's Ms. Heyer's talent for creating memorable characters--including the saintly Mrs. Matthews, and her bitter rival, the waspish Miss Matthews--that elevates her writing above most others.
I love both the written version and Hugh Dickson's excellent reading of the book. He helps you understand the various characters, and the emotions behind their words, in his masterful reading.

Many people have written accomplished reviews of the book, but my take is a little different. I find the "hero" - Randall Matthews - to be akin to Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. O, Randall is not put upon, or poor -- but both men are snarky and insightful -- painfully knowing in the existential way that makes them heroes with a special moral burden. Randall knows the world is highly immoral and he is trying to manage the murder of his uncle so that no one gets serious hurt. When his efforts fail, you feel his particular kind of sorrow because although the right person pays the price for the murder, the price is ridiculously high, considering the low moral character of the murdered man.

Randall deflates pretention beautifully and shows his love for his cousin, who claims to hate him, in the most indirect way possible that the culmination of their relation comes as both a happy surprise and a pleasant inevitability. He's a hero for a dark time in human affairs. The police seem virtually irrelevant as moral arbiters as they try to apply the law to this case.

Remember -- with Heyer, the first reading is not enough to "get" all the pleasures in reading her texts. This book continues to delight after 20 readings as well the little jokes and insights begin to add up and make sense.

The book is both a frivolous delight and penetratingly meaningful -- which is what Heyer seems to do effortlessly in all her various genres.

If you are a fan of Chandler, Poison will resonate and delight you.