Review: Excellent entertainment value
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
I read one of Anna Katharine Green's stories in another mystery collection, liked it, and had to order the megapack. I was not disappointed. I love Victorian and Edwardian mysteries, and Ms Green's are as good as any. They take place in the US, which is a change for me, since most of the vintage mysteries I read are British.Sometimes the descriptions of the first-person narrator's feelings are a bit wordy, but one can always skim through. These descriptions, however, do give us invaluable insight into the times.I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading vintage mysteries. I would not recommend this book to anyone who prefers to read straightforward narrative with no description.  Ms Green paints pictures with her words; it takes a while to get through all the words, but for me that is the whole point of reading.