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A review by swathi_narasimhan
The Greek Coffin Mystery by Ellery Queen
4.0
This is quite a fat book for a cozy mystery. I picked it up after googling for authors similar to Christie who writes cozy mysteries. Strongly being recommended for me, I started this book. This is my first read of the author and I look forward to more.
Ellery Queen is the son of inspector Richard Queen who assist in solving murders. There are lot of characters in the book and it took quite sometime to get to know them. Honestly, it took quite some time to get to know the psychology of the characters. The ending came as a surprise to me. And the last shot where Ellery 'takes the dias' to explain the whole mess is fantastic. It reminded me of Poirot, though he explains before revealing the murderer and Queen does it after.
It has quite a bit of humour and the plot is woven nicely. All the clues are put-forth to the reader as well. And it perfectly sums up.
I was right in guessing half of the mystery, the other half needed much more attention to even the minutest of the detail.
If you are a cozy-mystery lover, go for it!
Ellery Queen is the son of inspector Richard Queen who assist in solving murders. There are lot of characters in the book and it took quite sometime to get to know them. Honestly, it took quite some time to get to know the psychology of the characters. The ending came as a surprise to me. And the last shot where Ellery 'takes the dias' to explain the whole mess is fantastic. It reminded me of Poirot, though he explains before revealing the murderer and Queen does it after.
It has quite a bit of humour and the plot is woven nicely. All the clues are put-forth to the reader as well. And it perfectly sums up.
I was right in guessing half of the mystery, the other half needed much more attention to even the minutest of the detail.
If you are a cozy-mystery lover, go for it!