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Lädt ... The Spanish Cape Mystery (An American Mystery Classic) (Original 1935; 2022. Auflage)von Ellery Queen (Autor), Otto Penzler (Series Editor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 3.5* ( ) Ellery Queen has been invited by a retired judge friend to stay at a cottage at Spanish Cape. They arrive to find Rosa Godfrey, a beautiful young woman from a wealthy family, tied up and injured. Rosa and her uncle had been kidnapped earlier in the evening, her uncle having been mistaken for Rosa's disreputable suitor, John Marco. When Rosa is fit to travel, Ellery and the judge return her to her home to the news that John Marco has been murdered. Ellery and the judge assist the local police in the investigation of the murder. The suspects are limited to the residents and guests in the Godfrey home. This mystery has elements of both country house and locked room variations popular in the Golden Age. I probably would have enjoyed it more in print. My mental image of Ellery Queen is largely influenced by Jim Hutton's portrayal of him in the 1970s TV series. When the book describes Ellery as speaking cheerfully, I imagine Jim Hutton's breezy characterization. The audio reader doesn't sound anything like Jim Hutton. His Ellery sounds like a supercilious snob. I think Jim Hutton's portrayal was likely closer to what the author intended. One of Ellery Queen's earlier books, it has a bit more detail to it and provides a solid read. There are red herrings to pull you off track, yet the clues are all there. This adventure finds Ellery on vacation and in the company of Judge Macklin heading for the coast for a bit. This is one story that doesn't include Inspector Queen. The cast of characters is colourful and there is logic galore in the analysis of the clues. Ellery Queen books are quite inconsistent. They're a mixed bag. The more difficult is it to solve the crime on your own, the worse the book is. This I've gleaned from experience in reading the blighters. As for this particular book, there was too much melodrama and not enough drama. Concretely, too much eavesdropping was going on to facilitate the solution of the case. Ellery Queen had to find out a lot of the mystery by a too well informed butler. There was a single murder, and by the time the mystery hummed and hawed, I was losing interest. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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