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The Bungalow Mystery

Annie Haynes

Start date: October 1, 2024

Finish date: October 31, 2024

Discussion: Group reads

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Oct 01, 2024 Susan rated it liked it

Published in 1923, this is a fairly early Golden Age mystery and, although interesting, has not aged particularly well.

Our main character is Dr Roger Lavington, who, called to the house of his neighbour, finds him shot dead and a beautiful young lady hiding behind the curtains. Rather bizarrely, he hides her, pretending she is his cousin and helps her avoid being questioned by the police. Fast forward two years, and Dr Lavington has given up his practice and is working for an old school friend, ...more

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Aug 10, 2019 Nancy Oakes added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1920s, crime-fiction-uk, crime-fiction, dean-street-press

1923. The 3.5 overall rating seems right to me, so we'll leave it at that.

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I've been flat on my back all week with a seriously bad back (caused by moving books!) so I brought a stack of novels upstairs where I've done nothing but read. Among them was this book, and I have to say that along with this author's The Abbey Court Murder, also from 1923, I had several hours of page-turning entertainment.

If you are asking yourself the question "who the hell is Ann ...more

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Dec 22, 2024 Jan C rated it it was ok

Shelves: england, mystery, gr-group-read, 2024

Thought it was okay.

Dr. Lavington is called to the house next door. His unlikable neighbor has been attacked. He grabs his bag and goes to see what is going on. The neighbor is dead. I believe he was shot and is laying dead on the living room (maybe that's not what they call it) floor. He discovers a woman hiding behind the drapes. He takes her to his house. For whatever reason she agrees to take part in a theatrical (possibly church?) and disappears after the performance.

An old friend from col ...more

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Sep 30, 2024 Jill rated it liked it

Shelves: ga-books

This early mystery reminds us of the terrible conditions endured after the first war, when the medical injuries were far behind what we would expect later. A doctor is called to the house of a neighbour who has been found shot. The doctor alone finds a young woman hiding behind a curtain and allows her to escape to his neighbouring house before the police can be summoned. He then aids the woman to take on a role of his cousin who should have been acting in a play, but was unable to make the jour ...more

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Feb 13, 2021 Jenn Estepp rated it liked it

Shelves: sleuths-and-gumshoes, pandemic-and-aftermath

I suspect my three stars is generous, since a month later I barely remember this book and what does stick out is what I found utterly ridiculous about it ...

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