At the hale and hearty age of seventy-
one, Winslow Maxwell Penndragon
has made a life s work out of remaining
creatively unemployed. Indeed, he has
perfected the art of dilettantism and is a
renowned expert on the subject, having
written such compelling books as the
best-selling How to Enjoy the Art of
Dilettantism and its sequel, The Dili-
gent Dilettante.
Thus singularly obsessed with his
own enjoyment, Penndragon is terribly
shocked to discover that someone is
equally obsessed with putting a pre-
mature end to his rampant hedonism--
snuffing him--as it were. After two
bizarre attempts on his life, Penn-
dragon turns to ban ister Robert For-
sythe and his sleuthing secretary Miss
Sanderson, for help.., but too late.
Upon visiting Penndragon s estate,
Forsythe and Miss Sanderson encounter
an odd and disgruntled collection of
his relations: three bastard children,
his nephew and heir, an embittered sister-in-law, and even a discarded mis-
tress or two, all of whom seem to have
perfectly good motives for murder.And
although only one of this motley crew
is responsible for bludgeoning Penn-
dragon to death in his sleep, they all
agree that his death is scarcely sufficient
retribution for the sins committed in
his lifelong pursuit of pleasure.
In A Death for a Dilettante, tire fifth
in her series featuring barrister Robert
Forsythe, E. X. Giroux perfects the
Englisb country house mystery. No
reader of mysteries shall be able to
refuse her invitation to join this fasci-
nating, macabre, and slightly sordid
house party.
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