Witty, Wacky, and Wry: I'm LOL at Simon Brett's Blotto and Twinks Mysteries
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If there’s any aspect of the English country house mystery, the divine rights of upper-class Brits to look down on their inferiors, sporting tropes, amateur sleuths and their less intelligent sidekicks, and incomprehensible upper-class public school slang that Brett doesn’t completely skewer, I haven’t found it. I found myself laughing out loud, frequently, as I read.
Witty, Wacky, and Wry: I'm LOL at Simon Brett's Blotto and Twinks Mysteries
Witty, Wacky, and Wry: I'm LOL at Simon…
Witty, Wacky, and Wry: I'm LOL at Simon Brett's Blotto and Twinks Mysteries
If there’s any aspect of the English country house mystery, the divine rights of upper-class Brits to look down on their inferiors, sporting tropes, amateur sleuths and their less intelligent sidekicks, and incomprehensible upper-class public school slang that Brett doesn’t completely skewer, I haven’t found it. I found myself laughing out loud, frequently, as I read.