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pgchuis's review
3.0
This is in the public domain in Canada.
I skimmed it while very tired on an aeroplane and quite enjoyed it. The opening chapters, where we gradually learn what Mr Taynton has been up to, were cleverly done. It is a very short book, and although the mystery if what happened to Mr Mills is not particularly mysterious, the ending was also well done.
I skimmed it while very tired on an aeroplane and quite enjoyed it. The opening chapters, where we gradually learn what Mr Taynton has been up to, were cleverly done. It is a very short book, and although the mystery if what happened to Mr Mills is not particularly mysterious, the ending was also well done.
lkwhitehead's review
2.0
A short murder mystery from the author of the Mapp and Lucia books. Written in 1908 and set in Brighton. The "mystery" aspect of this murder mystery doesn't really exist, as the reader always knows who did it. The narrative drive, instead, is to see if the murderer gets away with blaming the deed on someone else.
The book is also not a police procedural, as the evidence is collected away from the pages of the novel and only laid out in the final courtroom conclusion.
Mildly interesting and thankfully brief.
The book is also not a police procedural, as the evidence is collected away from the pages of the novel and only laid out in the final courtroom conclusion.
Mildly interesting and thankfully brief.
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