Not as complex or as tongue-in-cheek as the first two installments in this trilogy, The Affair of the Thirty Nine Cufflinks also commits the cardinal sin of the "murder in an English country house" genre: the identity of the murderer is obvious from the get-go. ( )

This is the last of a very short series that is really a keeper to be reread again. This one has a fun filled twisty plot which gets beautifully unravelled at the end. ( )

Assorted relatives gather at Alderly, the Earl of Burford's country home, for the reading of Great-Aunt Florrie's will. Of course, someone gets murdered in the night and Inspector Wilkins arrives to investigate.
This is yet another charming cozy mystery in the Alderly Affairs series. ( )

Third of the Alderley series. Once again a disparate group of people spend the weekend at Alderley, the country mansion of the Earl of Burford, and once again it leads to murder. This time it's for the funeral and will-reading of an elderly relative who has asked to be buried at Alderley. The second wife of Florrie's long-dead son feels entitled to the major share of the money after bringing up her orphaned stepdaughters. When she gets a deliberately insulting pittance, she accuses the others of having poisoned the old lady's mind against her -- and threatens to expose everyone's embarrassing secrets in revenge. It's no great surprise when she's killed during the night, and once again it's up to Chief Inspector Wilkins to sift through the many clues and motives on offer.

As with the first two books, it's fluff that I won't keep, but greatly entertaining fluff I'd be happy to read more of. ( )

Another Country house murder at Burford Manor, this time its a member of the family whose mudered. Inspector Wilkins rides to the rescue once again. ( )