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The Wintringham Mystery

Anthony Berkeley,

Tony Medawar (Introduction)

Start date: January 1, 2025

Finish date: January 31, 2025

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Oct 15, 2023 Ruth rated it really liked it

Shelves: golden-age-and-vintage

I had a sneaky feeling all the way through this story (which contains all the elements of a classic golden age detective mystery, the country house complete with secret room, the group of people invited for a house party, a bit of romance and a rich elderly relative) that I was being led up the garden path. Clues were dropped so often they littered the floor, but which ones should I take seriously. It also had the slight flavour of a farce at times which made me wonder if it was all an elaborate ...more

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Jun 25, 2022 Sandy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-classic, read-2025, mystery-detective-grp, rread-2022

At times this seemed more like a Golden Age spoof than one written during the time period. Reminiscent of the author's The Poisoned Chocolates Case with all the tentative solutions. ...more

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