A review by vsbedford
Bats in the Belfry by E.C.R. Lorac

3.0

A perfectly okay mystery that's peopled with some horrible characters favored by writers of this age; at least, in this instance, when a side character is called a "girl" she's nineteen instead of 27 (that's always a huge irritant to me, like she's got a JOB, detective, and her own GD apartment, call her by her given name). Anyway, there's a super dum-dum who's foiled in love and insists that he is as capable as the police, a kindly professor/mentor that tries to rein him in, a thoroughly awful victim and his cold wife, etc., etc., etc. The wrap up of this book is a thorough word salad but it's a lively one so you don't notice that it makes absolutely no sense. A weak recommend.

I received an ecopy from the publishers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.