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Not a whodunnit, more a tale of a criminal mastermind who has a passion for collecting jewels. There are some nice comic touches and some interesting characters.
Great fun to be found in this debut Golden Age, country-house mystery by Alan Melville. I almost felt I was watching one of those wonderful screwball comedies of the Thirties—Cary Grant, William Powell, Carole Lombard—while I eagerly turned the pages. And many parts for character actors of the day as well. The mystery that’s solved in the end is not the one most of the book deals with. In fact, not much mystery there at all as villains are clear early on, but snappy dialogue and clever character
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Entertaining, but somewhat absurd.
Jim Henderson, having served his time in the army, finds himself unemployed as many of the men did after having signed up very young. He regularly receives letters from prospective employers turning him down, but one morning he receives an invitation to attend a weekend at a house in Sussex. The house party being held by a man named Carson, claiming to have known his father in South Africa, and to have met Jim when Jim was a child. Jim tells a school friend about the invitation, and it happens
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Wasn’t dreadful but wasn’t very good either. Very much “of it’s time” modern readers won’t get quite so exited by the heavy focus on electronics or wiring.
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A fun, quick read.
While I enjoyed reading this book, I expected a mystery and got an adventure story. The characters are interesting but rather one-dimensional. The plot if fun but unrealistic and the ending twist is quite over-the-top.
Dec 07, 2019
Calum Fisher
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