The Murder on the Enriqueta: A Golden Age Mystery
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (620 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01KQ317RA |
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| Number of Pages | : | 543 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A great read" according to Amazon Customer. Good story a few places were hard to follow however I chalk that up to the era it was written. It also had some words I didn't know and the Wikipedia. Didn't help at all the story was great . And characters good. Amazon Customer said The best. So far the best of the group. Their is a real story behind the mystery. An absurd motive, but a good story with believable characters true to the era.
Chief Inspector Shand of the Yard, a fellow traveller on the luxury liner, takes on the case, ably assisted by his friend Jasper Mellish. This new edition, the first in many decades, includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.Unless I’m much mistaken, you will find yourself unwillingTo lay aside a yarn so crammed with situations thrilling.(To say nothing of a villain with a gruesome taste in killing.) — Punch. At first the only clue is what the steward saw: a bandaged face above a set of green pyjamas. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean on the Enriqueta, he met someone he knew on board at midnight – and was strangled. Smith’s death had not been due to natural causes.The bibulous Mr Smith was no pillar of virtue. But surely the crime can be connected to Mr Smith’s former – and decidedly shady – compatriots in Buenos Aires?The Murder on the Enriqueta (1929: originally called The Strangler in the US) is a thrilling whodunit, including an heiress in peril and a jazz age nightclub among its other puzzle pieces. News travels quick