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A review by pinkalpaca
English Country House Murders by Thomas Godfrey
4.0
-The Adventure of the Abbey Grange by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 2*
-A Marriage Tragedy by Wilkie Collins, 2*: Overly long and melodramatic
-Lord Chizelrigg's Missing Fortune by Robert Barr, 3*
-The Forwich Castle Mystery by Emmuska, Baroness Orczy, 3*
-The Blue Scarab by R. Austin Freeman, 2*
-The Doom of the Darnaways by G.K. Chesteron, 4*: This was way more my style; dripping with a Gothic aesthetic, but with a wickedly humourous twist of modern dialogue (very modern really, considering this was written almost 100 years ago!)
-The Shadow on the Glass by Dame Agatha Christie, 4*
-The Queen's Square by Dorothy L. Sayers, 3*
-Death on the Air by Dame Ngaio Marsh, 4*
-The Same to Us by Margery Allingham, 4*
-The Hunt Ball by Freeman Wills Crofts, 4*
-The Incautious Burglar by John Dickson Carr, 3*
-The Long Shot by Nicholas Blake, 4*
-Jeeves and the Stolen Venus by P.G. Wodehouse, 4*: Pretty funny
-Death in the Sun by Michael Innes, 3*: Interesting
-An Unlocked Window by Ethel Lina White, 5*: Super atmospheric & gothic. Wonderfully chilling!!
-The Wood-for-the-Trees by Philip MacDonald, 4*
-The Man on the Roof by Christianna Brand, 2*
-The Death of Amy Robsart by Cyril Hare, 4*
-Fen Hall by Ruth Rendell, 4*: Spooky
-A Very Desirable Residence by P.D. James, 4*
-The Worcester Enigma by James Miles, 3*
-A Marriage Tragedy by Wilkie Collins, 2*: Overly long and melodramatic
-Lord Chizelrigg's Missing Fortune by Robert Barr, 3*
-The Forwich Castle Mystery by Emmuska, Baroness Orczy, 3*
-The Blue Scarab by R. Austin Freeman, 2*
-The Doom of the Darnaways by G.K. Chesteron, 4*: This was way more my style; dripping with a Gothic aesthetic, but with a wickedly humourous twist of modern dialogue (very modern really, considering this was written almost 100 years ago!)
-The Shadow on the Glass by Dame Agatha Christie, 4*
-The Queen's Square by Dorothy L. Sayers, 3*
-Death on the Air by Dame Ngaio Marsh, 4*
-The Same to Us by Margery Allingham, 4*
-The Hunt Ball by Freeman Wills Crofts, 4*
-The Incautious Burglar by John Dickson Carr, 3*
-The Long Shot by Nicholas Blake, 4*
-Jeeves and the Stolen Venus by P.G. Wodehouse, 4*: Pretty funny
-Death in the Sun by Michael Innes, 3*: Interesting
-An Unlocked Window by Ethel Lina White, 5*: Super atmospheric & gothic. Wonderfully chilling!!
-The Wood-for-the-Trees by Philip MacDonald, 4*
-The Man on the Roof by Christianna Brand, 2*
-The Death of Amy Robsart by Cyril Hare, 4*
-Fen Hall by Ruth Rendell, 4*: Spooky
-A Very Desirable Residence by P.D. James, 4*
-The Worcester Enigma by James Miles, 3*