Elizabeth E. (TylerTxRose) reviewed Tenant for Death (Inspector Mallett, Bk 1) on + 84 more book reviews
"Agreeable and meticulously worked out tale... with more humor than found in most Scotland Yard exploits" states Saturday Review of Literature.
"Readers should note that here a new star has risen... wit, fair play, and characterization; the way in which an ait of probility is combined both with clear, terse narritive and with a good deal of subtle suurban atmosphere, proves the extreme skill of the writerrer,' according to the editor for Dover Publications.
"Readers should note that here a new star has risen... wit, fair play, and characterization; the way in which an ait of probility is combined both with clear, terse narritive and with a good deal of subtle suurban atmosphere, proves the extreme skill of the writerrer,' according to the editor for Dover Publications.
A smoking room in a house in Daylesford Gardens in the smarter part of London yields a gruesome discovery. A very determined Inspector Mallett of Scotland Yard is brought in to discover the source of this outrage, and he must unravel a complex of suspicion before the murder is resolved.
The way in which an air of probability is combined with clear, terse narrative and with a good deal of subtle suburban atmosphere, proves the extreme skill of the writer.
The way in which an air of probability is combined with clear, terse narrative and with a good deal of subtle suburban atmosphere, proves the extreme skill of the writer.
Donna E. (impossible) reviewed Tenant for Death (Inspector Mallett, Bk 1) on + 3352 more book reviews
The tenant disappears from a boarding house leaving behind a corpse. Inspector Mallett of Scotland Yard must unravel the complex trail which leads to well-known and powerful financial firms.
