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Nov 25: Post After Post-Mortem (Robert Macdonald #11) by E C R Lorac (1936)
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Nov 25: Post After Post-Mortem - SPOILER Thread - by E C R Lorac (1936)
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2.5★
I'll make this review short & sweet.
I really enjoyed an earlier Lorac I read, Fell Murder,but this one fell (tee hee!) more than a little flat.
I did really enjoy the travelogue-like descriptions of Vienna. I've been to this city twice, both times a long time ago, & loved both visits. But when the mystery began, I rapidly became bored. There was so much repetition on quite trivial matters that the whole story just dragged. By the time of the resolution, I no longer cared who had done it.
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I'll make this review short & sweet.
I really enjoyed an earlier Lorac I read, Fell Murder,but this one fell (tee hee!) more than a little flat.
I did really enjoy the travelogue-like descriptions of Vienna. I've been to this city twice, both times a long time ago, & loved both visits. But when the mystery began, I rapidly became bored. There was so much repetition on quite trivial matters that the whole story just dragged. By the time of the resolution, I no longer cared who had done it.
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I usually like her mysteries much more, but this one just floundered a bit. Loved the descriptions of Vienna though.
MacDonald is on holiday in this book. He books a flight to Vienna (apparently on a Viscount and although this is mentioned a lot, is irrelevant). During the flight he notices a young woman who would like to look out of the window, but is obstructed by a man reading a book who has the window seat. At Zurich the plane lands and the passengers are divided by those who wish to carry with the flight and those heading for Vienna. This young woman attaches herself to MacDonald, as she thinks he looks t
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Very enjoyable. 😃
3.5*
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