A Death for Adonis/A Death for a Darling

An F&M Duet

E.X. Giroux

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Felony & Mayhem
03 April 2024

Crime & Mystery; Classic crime

Series: Robert Forsythe

With A Death for Adonis and A Death for a Darling we are delighted to introduce the Robert Forsythe series, which was written primarily in the 1980s but carries all the flavors (er, flavours) that fans of British Golden Age mystery have come to expect.

Forsythe himself-a brilliant young barrister forced to give up the law in response to a dreadful and undisclosed disgrace-is very much in the Wimsey mold, which is to say that solving crimes is his personal passion but by no means his bread and butter. And though Forsythe lacks a Lugg-like manservant, he does have an indispensable and devoted secretary who shares the spotlight as the series develops.

Both Adonis and Darling nod very distinctly in the direction of the classic murder mystery novel: Darling, in fact, is set during a country-house weekend! And for all that Giroux (pseudonym of Canadian writer Doris Shannon) was clearly steeped in the genre, the Forsythe series is no museum piece, managing the neat trick of being both charmingly vivid and delightfully well bred.

By: E.X. Giroux
Imprint: Felony & Mayhem
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 139mm,
ISBN: 9781631943010
ISBN 10: 1631943014
Series: Robert Forsythe
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 03 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

E.X. Giroux was in fact a pseudonym for Doris Shannon, and in that guise she catered to much of the English-speaking world. Born in the US in 1924, she grew up in Canada, and is best known for her series of spectacularly civilized mysteries set in England. The novels feature Robert Forsyth, a Londoner who, thanks to a vague but much mentioned scandal, no longer practices law but does solve crimes as a sideline. Ms. Shannon died in 2012 in upstate New York and is survived by her two daughters.

Reviews for A Death for Adonis/A Death for a Darling: An F&M Duet

“A wonderful, shifting puzzler with delicious twists” —Publishers Weekly on A Death for Adonis “The writing is lively, the detective is appealing, and the setup is enjoyably old-fashioned.” —Library Journal on A Death for a Darling