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A review by swathi_narasimhan
Suddenly at His Residence by Christianna Brand
3.0
This book didn't impress me much. Partly because, I have read much better mysteries before and also, there was lot of bickering among the characters. This is my first Cockrill mystery and he just appears now and then. There is no interrogation of characters but just sitting back and observing the talk going on.
The whodunnit took me by a surprise but I guessed it too, why funnier was as clear as water from early on, howdunnit was guessable too ( provided, you observe the little cues when the characters are described). The climax was what I call 'dramatic' with bomb blast and stuff.
Lots of wordplay is involved and things don't move much until the last few chapters.
Though this is a golden age mystery, this one can't be called as one of my favourites.
The whodunnit took me by a surprise but I guessed it too, why funnier was as clear as water from early on, howdunnit was guessable too ( provided, you observe the little cues when the characters are described). The climax was what I call 'dramatic' with bomb blast and stuff.
Lots of wordplay is involved and things don't move much until the last few chapters.
Though this is a golden age mystery, this one can't be called as one of my favourites.