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This has little in common with Murder on the Orient Express, aside from the whole train in winter thing.
This is my second British Library Crime Classic by J. Jefferson Farjeon. I previously read Thirteen Guests, which was a traditional English Country House murder. I preferred Mystery in White to that one, but I have yet to find one of these BLCC mysteries that comes close to a Christie or a Sayers. I suppose that is, in part, why they are long out of print and need to be "rediscovered."
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This is my second British Library Crime Classic by J. Jefferson Farjeon. I previously read Thirteen Guests, which was a traditional English Country House murder. I preferred Mystery in White to that one, but I have yet to find one of these BLCC mysteries that comes close to a Christie or a Sayers. I suppose that is, in part, why they are long out of print and need to be "rediscovered."
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This is the firts book I've ever read by this author. More books to come soon...
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Hmmm ....... This mystery was well-plotted and the setting was certainly interesting; a snowbound train, a vacant cottage and murders all around. Yet even so, there was something missing. Did it feel somewhat contrived? Were the characters not as original as they could have been? Was Mr. Maltby just a little too clever and the ghostly element too unbelievable? In any case, it didn't really capture my imagination. I'll definitely read more of these British Library Crime Classics, I just won't exp
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An entertaining read, probably of its time. Dialogue was a bit confusing at times but on the whole diverting.
Jul 14, 2014
Tim
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