A review by verityw
The Floating Admiral by Edgar Jepson, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, Freeman Wills Crofts, Victor L. Whitechurch, Milward Kennedy, G. D. H. Cole, Agatha Christie, Anthony Berkeley, John Rhode, Ronald Knox, Henry Wade, Clemence Dane, Margaret Cole, The Detection Club

3.0

I quite liked The Floating Admiral which was a bit of a disappointment as I loved the concept - well known mystery writers all collaborate on a book, each writing a chapter. I didn't really empathise with any of the characters and particularly didn't really get to know the detective - probably because each writer was too preoccupied with their bit of plot. I thought that, perhaps unsurprisingly, there was a lack of consistency through the narrative - when I read the appendix this was explained by the fact that they all had different people down as the murder - and a lot of clues that ended up being irrelevant because of this. I might give one of the Dectection Club's other effords a go, but I won't be rushing out to buy them.