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kdurham2's review
2.0
I didn't know until after finishing reading this book, that it was repackaged and rereleased and was originally published in 1959. I think my entire reading experience would have been different had I known, not sure if I would have liked it anymore.
Johnny Simms has been a friend of Nan Padgett almost their entire lives and quite possibly in love with her also. When all of the sudden she is engaged to be married and her aunt detests the suitor and flies home from Paris to hopefully stop the wedding. Johnny is bound and determined to help her aunt stop the wedding and he must solve a murder mystery to do so.
Although not a long book, it took forever for the real drama to pick up and I felt as though all of the action took place in the last few pages and I was wishing for more buildup throughout the book. I haven't read many classic murder mysteries and not sure after this one, I will seek any out.
Johnny Simms has been a friend of Nan Padgett almost their entire lives and quite possibly in love with her also. When all of the sudden she is engaged to be married and her aunt detests the suitor and flies home from Paris to hopefully stop the wedding. Johnny is bound and determined to help her aunt stop the wedding and he must solve a murder mystery to do so.
Although not a long book, it took forever for the real drama to pick up and I felt as though all of the action took place in the last few pages and I was wishing for more buildup throughout the book. I haven't read many classic murder mysteries and not sure after this one, I will seek any out.
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