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A very different murder 'mystery' told from the murderer's point of view. Interesting read.
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Lets go with "of it's time" if you have ever read a book where the killer was known in advance then you have already read this book and it was probably written better. If you have not done so then go ahead you will like it.
It's not his usual style, it was his 15th book and written as a reaction to critics who said his books had become stale and formulaic, so he decided to go down the same route Berkeley Cox (Francis Iles) did with Malice Afterthought and didn't nail it. It dragged on and on an ...more
It's not his usual style, it was his 15th book and written as a reaction to critics who said his books had become stale and formulaic, so he decided to go down the same route Berkeley Cox (Francis Iles) did with Malice Afterthought and didn't nail it. It dragged on and on an ...more
I liked this mystery a lot. The mystery not being who the murderer was, but how he did it, and whether he would get away with it. Charles, the nephew of the murdered man, was desperate for money. His company was suffering a lot with others due to the depression, although he was a bit of a waster when it came to his own comfort, plus he was totally besotted by a woman who made it plain that she would only marry for money. The only way he could see his way out of debt, and a comfortable life with
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Jan 25, 2021
Laura Hannaway
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This novel marked a turning point for Freeman Wills Croft and as a consequence is extremely popular with fans of the mystery genre. In this however I must put myself in the minority. I just didn’t like it.
In the earlier novels we generally begin with some sort of mystery and then we process the evidence along with French in order to discover the culprit. The conceit here is that the murder occurs and then we go back in time to see the perpetrator plan the crime and bring it to fruitio ...more
This novel marked a turning point for Freeman Wills Croft and as a consequence is extremely popular with fans of the mystery genre. In this however I must put myself in the minority. I just didn’t like it.
In the earlier novels we generally begin with some sort of mystery and then we process the evidence along with French in order to discover the culprit. The conceit here is that the murder occurs and then we go back in time to see the perpetrator plan the crime and bring it to fruitio ...more
Note: I accessed digital review copies of this book through NetGalley and Edelweiss.
Apr 03, 2020
Gary Vassallo
marked it as to-read
