Review: I'll Go Along With Most of the Other Reviewers
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 24, 2012
1902 is the date on this mystery, the first by Guy Boothby that I have read. I am going to get the others in Kindle editions which, if this is a good sample of his work, are a bargain at the price (in this case-free). It is possible that you will not like the easy-going style of the period in which, customarily, the Good Guys are good clean through and the Bad Guys......The woman, of course, are lovely, intelligent, demure, and worshipful toward their Men. No nasty premarital sex nor lovemaking that goes beyond a chaste hug, a light kiss on the hand, or, in advanced cases, light kiss on the cheek, perhaps, even on the lips. The Good Guys are virile, usually well-dressed in whatever garb, rough or formal, suits the particular occasion. As much as possible, ugly detailing of the manner of death are avoided as are most of the dark side of the world (save for the iniquitous settings into which heroine and hero may, of necessity, enter for some virtuous purpose).Am I ridiculing this style: not at all. I like books like this when well done. Modified, in the hands of a better writer, this describes the John Buchan style as well. The book is an easy and quick read, little extraneous detail to slow one down. Should be good reading for those who can adapt to the popular imagery of books that would appeal to my mother, for example, who was born in the year this was published.