In London under the fog of war, a 10-year-old Jewish girl is murdered. The police have no clues and little interest, so crusader Asta Thundesley takes up the challenge, sifting through clues and gathering up suspects for a dinner party where... nothing is learned. Detective Turpin goes by the book, and finds himself with a stunning set... of dead ends. Fascinating example of life's perils by author Kersh (Night and the City), who reminds for every winner, there can be a ton of losers. First published 1947.
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Even deeper into the inferno,
By Howard Mandel (New York, New York United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Prelude to a Certain Midnight (Detective Stories Series) (Paperback)
Night and the City, Kersh's best known novel, is indeed a trip through hell -- but only an upper ring, compared to the depths he enters in Prelude to a Certain Midnight. This book anticipates writers such as Hubert Selby in the examination of evil; its characters are very well drawn, the crime itself is hideous but mostly kept off the page, the society that allows it is dissected with unflinching attention. Kersh does spin incredibly strong sentences, and often touches the bottom of his characters' souls. But no picnics or fairy tales here. Tough stuff.
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Twisted mystery, not mystery with a twist,
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Gerald Kersh, favorite writer of Harlan Ellison, specialized in capturing the lowest strata of society. His story of a working-class neighborhood's search for a pedophilic killer, led by an amateur neighborhood sleuth, reads like a good tense mystery from, say, Cornell Woolrich. Right up to the end, when the story takes several increasingly disturbing turns that will leave you looking for some hemlock. And yet it's a realistic, painful depiction of the flaws of the human race.
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