Virginia D. (vldbookworm) - reviewed on 9/20/2015 + 18 more book reviews

I liked the first Michael Innes book I read ("Hamlet, Revenge!") very much and have read a number of others since. There have been some I have liked nearly as much, but this was not one of them. The events surrounding the murder are too convoluted and preposterous for my taste. I didn't even find any passages that I liked enough that I wanted to read them to my husband. On the other hand, it has an easier vocabulary and fewer quotations than many Innes mysteries. This is the first appearance of John Appleby, star of many of the later works. Some American editions use the title "Seven Suspects".

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