The Red Right Hand [Mass Market Paperback]

Joel Townsley Rogers (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Dell (1951)
• ASIN: B000VMG290
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A stunner, April 6, 1998

By 

Steven Cross - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Red Right Hand (Paperback)

This is one of the truly great ones, a crime novel that you will remember ten years after you read it . I know -- it's been ten years since I last read it, and it just floored me again.

The writing is a bit affected and takes some getting used to, but it's worth it. When you get to the climax and the secret is revealed, you'll sit slackjawed and start paging back through the book, desperate to see how you missed it. A brilliant puzzle, brilliantly constructed and brilliantly unfolded.

If you like mysteries, do not -- I repeat, do not -- leave this screen without buying this book.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best suspense thriller ever...EVER!, July 18, 2003

By 

Paul Reich "ZiGerman" (Centurion, South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Red Right Hand (Paperback)

I found this book by chance at a second hand book sale while on summer holiday about three years ago. The edition was printed in 1975 and by now (after reading over and over) looks rather shabby.

I had never heard of the author before and was merely looking for something to pass the time. It didn't pass much time, because once I started reading I couldn't put it down, and only took me one day to finish.

Joel Townsley Rogers puts you, neé, throws you right in the middle of a first-person account of this murder mystery that unfolds in one day. The story and subsequent mystery slowly unravels as he takes you back in time, revealing the characters and the events leading up to the day in which the story is told.

You start guessing and wondering, painting your own mental images of the characters and surroundings desribed with meticulous attention detail.

There are clues throughout the book, and careful reading is required. Read it again and again, and more clues are revealed.

As far as endings to any book are concerned, they're pretty imprtant, so I won't divulge any details. I will say this though...be prepared!

This is whodunnit to the very end, and even though the ending has never changed in the 7 times that I've read it...I'm reading it again for the 8th time right now.

Enjoy and share

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Agreement, September 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Red Right Hand (Paperback)

I can only agree with the other reviewers. I bought this book new in a local bookstore after picking it up and reading the introduction and a few paragraphs. I've never read another book quite like it. This book really stands on its own and unlike many others I believe that the sobriquet 'classic' truly applies to this novel. Buy it!!!