Review: Clever, entertaining mysteries
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 18, 2013
The book contains 13 book-length stories set in the early 20th Century. The stories are cleverly plotted, with many twists and turns, in a variety of English settings -- from London to small villages. Typically, a body is found, possibly murdered; a friend or family member dissatisfied with the police investigation decides to investigate on their own. They uncover a complex web of suspicious behavior involving those around the victim: a hidden will or an embezzling business partner, for example -- behavior not necessarily connected with the murder itself.Interestingly, the police seldom suspect the person who found the body, and seem overly willing to cooperate with the amateur investigator.My only complaint is that the murderer is usually not one of the principal characters, and in one case was a person barely mentioned in the story.