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So I have to say I love the dated feel to the covers of these British Library Classics, they are just so evocative of anything between the 20s to the 50s, and being a fifties lad (by 3 months only I admit) I have a soft spot for it.
That said, did the book live up to the cover, well almost. I took a long time to read this book, almost 3 weeks, and went from 3 ahead in my challenge to 1 behind. Now I cannot blame it on the book really, a number of other factors which are of no interest really to r ...more
I really loved the opening of this story. A dark and stormy night, in a village on the Cornish coast, the Vicar and the Dr discuss Murder Mystery books (their shared guilty pleasure). The phone rings, and low and behold, their own murder mystery to solve.
Sadly the book doesn't quite live up to the opening, but it is entertaining. ...more
Sadly the book doesn't quite live up to the opening, but it is entertaining. ...more
Very good !
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