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ela_ela's review
3.0
gripping story, thought i'd read a little bit before going to bed, ended up reading until 4am (finishing the book) without realising.
some things might be clear to the reader before they are to the main character (who isn't exactly the brightest spark in the box) but that doesn't lessen the tension.
some things might be clear to the reader before they are to the main character (who isn't exactly the brightest spark in the box) but that doesn't lessen the tension.
randyrasa's review
3.0
My first exposure to J.S. Fletcher, and an overall "like but not love" experience. I enjoyed the plot, and some of the characters, but the ending was pretty abrupt, without tying up loose plot threads. It's always frustrating to me when a story's development depends on the main character's repeated incompetence and denseness, and that's unfortunately the case here. But I absolutely adored the fact that major characters got around by bicycle, and it was the most normal thing in the world. So civilized and sensible.
The voice actors for the Librivox recording were generally quite good, though the sound level and recording quality was all over the place.
The voice actors for the Librivox recording were generally quite good, though the sound level and recording quality was all over the place.
vesper1931's review
3.0
Hugh Moneylaws a lawyer's clerk, on an errand for his mother's lodger discovers a body. Mr. Lindsey, the lawyer and Hugh attempt to unravel the mystery if his name and make sense of everything that follows, as Hugh is not really the brightest of people. But an enjoyable tale, set and written in 1919.
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