Review: Delightfully Old Fashioned Mysteries
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2013
There are three novels included in this collection - "That Affair Next Door", "Lost Man's Lane" and "The Circular Study". The first two are told in the first person by Mrs. Butterworth herself and the last novel is told in the third person.  I preferred the first person telling as that gave more amusing insight into the persona of Mrs. Butterworth, a nosy society spinster. To wit -  "...which gave me quite a good opinion of myself, whether rightfully or not, I leave you to judge."The novels were written in the late 1890s.  Modern novelists who cast their characters and plots in that time period try to do a good job characterizing  the mind set of people at that time but one questions how accurate they may have been  It is interesting to read a novel written by a woman who actually lived at that time and could accurately portray the states of mind that were prevalent during that period.  For instance, Mrs. Butterworth as a woman of fine breeding would never allow emotion to show on her face and was proud of that fact.The stories themselves are well plotted.  Not only is there the main murder mystery plot but several sub plot mysteries to keep the reader guessing.  I may have to seek out other novels by Ann Katherine Green  as I know I will enjoy them as I did the novels in this collection