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4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining but not too puzzling,
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This review is from: Death in the House (Paperback)
This is the second Anthony Berkeley book I have read; and like the first ("Layton Court Mystery"), it is a good example of the British "Country House" type --- except that in this case the "House" is the House of Commons, where a series of ministers are murdered while trying to introduce a very controversial bill. Berkeley is a good story-teller. The action moves at a quick pace and reaches a dramatic crescendo in a wild scene, the likes of which are more typical of a Tom Clancy thriller than the sedate suspects-gathered-in-the-library format we expect. My only problem is that, as in the Layton Court Mystery, the identity of the murderer is pretty obvious about 80% into the story -- so much so in fact that I assumed that the give-away clue was an obvious plant to mislead the reader. It wasn't. But the plot is still a good one; and the book entertains from beginning to end.
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Death in the House by Anthony Berkeley (Paperback - Sept. 2001)
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