Ron K. (WhidbeyIslander) - , reviewed on 3/23/2016 + 691 more book reviews

Not that crazy about it; an OK mystery (touted as being in the "hard-boiled" category, but maybe "soft-boiled," really.) Set in an asylum, at least the author didn't pin the killings on insanity. It would have been nice to have a list of characters to refer to since there were so many involved. And of course being from that time, there were some cringe-worthy references to the way the "colored" kitchen help spoke, and the hero discounts them as suspects because "they are racially incapable of such purposeful crime."

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