- Unknown Binding: 313 pages
- Publisher: The Sun dial press (1936)
- Language: English
- ASIN: B0006ANHJA
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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SNAPPY 1930'S HARDBOILED, GENTLY SKEWED,
By Abbey (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Murder in the Madhouse (Library of Crime Classics) (Paperback)
If you like humor with mayhem, hardboiled and "closed community" "golden age" mysteries this melange of a funny novel is for you. PI Bill Crane goes undercover at a lunatic asylum (well, OK, it *is* a high-class joint, and they don't call the patients lunatics but "guests") to solve a theft and guard an old lady, and then people start dying. Terse hardboiled-style writing, well done, a fast read. Seems as though the writer is quite tongue-in-cheek about the PI conventions - a running gag is that the PI gets beaten up at least once daily, and he has a great time poking fun at this premise. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, but can't give 5 stars because I feel he has better stories in him.
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