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3.5★
Armstrong has a bright and breezy writing style and a glimpse of her real life world (Armstrong was from a wealthy background in real life and her father was a stained glass artist) I was very envious of her female gumshoe's life style (a Park Ave apartment!) & I do wish Armstrong's detective, Miss Trumbull, had made more than just this one appearance in detective fiction.
Unfortunately, although Trumbull's foibles were endearing, a lot of her actions didn't make much sense. There was one he ...more
Armstrong has a bright and breezy writing style and a glimpse of her real life world (Armstrong was from a wealthy background in real life and her father was a stained glass artist) I was very envious of her female gumshoe's life style (a Park Ave apartment!) & I do wish Armstrong's detective, Miss Trumbull, had made more than just this one appearance in detective fiction.
Unfortunately, although Trumbull's foibles were endearing, a lot of her actions didn't make much sense. There was one he ...more
May 06, 2017
CatBee
rated it
it was ok
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review of another edition
Shelves:
mystery-crime,
golden-age-mystery
Mar 25, 2021
Niveditha
marked it as to-read
Mar 29, 2021
Cindy
marked it as to-read
