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Brighton is preparing for August Bank Holiday when the police discover three people, in separate incidents, all murdered by milk bottles--first bludgeoned, then stabbed by the shards. As far as is apparent, the three have no connection. Constable Twitten, by far the smartest man on the force, is trying to develop a theory based on Freud; Sergeant Brunswick is mourning for one of the victims--he had a date with her!; and Inspector Steine is concerned with the ice cream sundae contest he's about t...
Brighton England has seen plenty of crime in the short time Constable Twitten has been working there and he wouldn’t a bit if things quieted down. Unfortunately, his wish is not granted as three murder victims turn up – all having been murdered by someone using a milk bottle. Twitten, Sergeant Brunswick, and Inspector Steine investigate the murders even if Steine is distracted by his role as a judge at a contest at a local milk bar. Maybe it is a good thing that none of them know about the other...
I simply fail to connect with the characters and plots in the Constable Twitten series. I began reading this one a couple months ago. I decided I had too much else on my mind to continue it and would pause it until I was past some things that demanded more of my attention. Unfortunately I never felt I understood what was going on other than that someone had been murdered by a milk bottle. I think I'll stick to Truss' non-fiction in the future. I received an advance review copy through NetGalley
With all the mess going on right now in the world and in the White House, it is almost comforting to be hunting for a killer in 1957 Brighton, England. For three victims have been killed in an unusual way. In fact, it is Murder by Milk Bottle.Constable Twitten was hoping to have a quiet day. But alas, it was not to be. Three victims with nothing in common beyond their cause of death. A young beauty contest runner-up, a radio comedian, and a policeman? All killed within a three-hour period. Could...
I don't often comment on my DNF books, but I felt I had to for this one. I made it 15% in and reached a point that there was nothing that was going to save this book for me. First, as a series book, it tries to provide the background from the previous books (which is good), but does so in a way that felt tongue in cheek to me as opposed to helpful for a new reader (which I am). Also, there are multiple places where the descriptions of people, particularly women, really bothered me. I get that th...
Number three in the enjoyably quirky Constable Twitten crime series. Lynne Truss takes the reader out of the present day and into another dimension - 1957 Brighton, England. Well crafted plot, well written and such fun to read.
This is seriously the best. I love everything about this series.I didn't like the misogynistic comments, but I guess people weren't all that nice in the past.
Fun
I think Mrs. Groynes is becoming one of my favorite characters in modern literature. :-)
I received a free digital advance review copy from the publisher, via Netgalley.The Constable Twitten books remind me of the British comedy crime movies of the 1950s/60s, like The Ladykillers, The Lavender Hill Mob, or the movies starring Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. If movies like that were still being made, I can just see these books adapted for the screen, with the lively scenes of Brighton’s beach, boardwalk and pier in the 1950s, the featured locations of ice-cream parlors and other
I found this book very disappointing.
Hilarious and quirky - just my cup of tea! (or should I say, glass of milk!)Murder by Milk Bottle is the third in the Constable Twitten historical mystery series. Set in Brighton in 1957, the story takes place over the August long weekend. There are three murders in one night. Each victim (a beauty contest runner-up, an AA patrolman, and a visiting radio celebrity) has been hit over the head with a full milk bottle and then stabbed with the broken remains. Told in the third person, this story ta...
