Ron K. (WhidbeyIslander) - , reviewed on 4/12/2020 + 689 more book reviews

An English Manor House mystery in spades, I found this long and tedious. It was like those old vaudeville skits where people keep coming and going through doors, just missing each other. The whole thing is too complicated (and did I mention: long) and there's too much going on: jewel theft, valuable gun thefts, blackmail, people sneaking around, and, oh, murder. The floor plan of the home is a nice nod to Golden Age mysteries, but not helpful. The writing is fine and some dialogue quite witty, but it made me abandon plans to read the other Burford Family mysteries.

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