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4.0 out of 5 stars
Quickly read, and forgotten,
By Ron "mvg@whidbey.com" (Whidbey Island, WA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Case of the Phantom Fingerprints (Paperback)
The Plot:
When Broadway producer Morris Block is killed, no one is really that upset about it. He has been blackmailing show-business people for years, and during a house party about 40 of his 49 guests have a motive to do away with him. NYC detective Jason Jones and private detective Necessary Smith team up to investigate the murder (and a few other deaths) and try to explain how the murderer could get out of a house surrounded by police and unbroken expanses of snow. And why he left a bloody handprint behind to taunt them. Review: Written in the breezy style of the post-WWII period, this is an easy to read mystery and has an okay puzzle at its core. I found the relationship between the all-too-accomodating policeman (who was a bit too Nero Wolfish for me -- he raises geraniums and is overweight) and the private eye too pat and hard-to-believe. Not in the league of the great Golden Age mysteries, but it was okay to pass the time commuting. |
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The Case of the Phantom Fingerprints by Ken Crossen (Paperback - 1945)
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