Friday, 4 October 2024

Freeman Wills Crofts, The Hog's Back Mystery

 A by-the-rules murder mystery from the Golden Age. I rather enjoyed it, and it was refreshing to see it through the eyes of the investigating detective and follow him as he uncovers the clues and thinks through the case rather than have a sleight-of-hand magician like Holmes or Poirot drop cryptic comments and then show how clever they are at the end. It was so fairly clued that in the summing up chapter at the end the page numbers for each important part of the solution were included. The location added to the charm, with all the action being set in the lovely countryside between Farnham, Guildford and Godalming. I often cycle round there so could vividly picture it. 

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