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[PDF] Omicidio a Capodanno | by ð Christopher Bush Dario Pratesi
410 Christopher Bush Dario Pratesi

Boxed set of three bestselling suspense stories by Lindsey Stiles
This 1931 outing for Ludovic Travers provides excellent reading for lovers of Classic English Detection.Although the cover has this as a Christmas mystery, it is set at New Year.All the usual trappings are here a snow bound country house, lights going out, phone cut off, a stranger stranded in a car, murder, suicide, footprints, amateur detective in residence, floorplans, beautiful women and handsome men, and lots of red herrings.However this novel has a realism about it not often found in Golde [...]
When the house party wakes up the night after the ball, they find one of their number stabbed to death, and another mysteriously dead in the pagoda, a summer house They re also snowed in, and the telephone line is down Fortunately, among those present is Ludovic Travers, an amateur detective, and his friend Franklin, a private investigator who is a retired policeman Franklin braves the heavy snow to bring help, while Travers tries to keep the party under control until the police arrive Nicely pu [...]
Classico giallo inglese con doppio omicidio, strani furti ed un maniero isolato per alcuni giorni in seguito ad una copiosa nevicata Una serie di ingredienti molto accattivanti, che si risolvono in un buon giallo, che soffre un po di lentezza in diverse parti ed un protagonista, Travers, francamente odioso Altra cosa che non mi molto piaciuta la reazione degli ospiti alla notizie dell assassinio di Maribelcondo me troppo irreale.
Clever mystery, a bit dry on character Full review at classicmystery.wordpress
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3 stelle e mezzoNon sono 4 stelle piene perch il dipanamento della matassa mi ha lasciata un po insoddisfatta l autore continua a dire Questo ve lo spiego dopo , ma poi rimanda troppo e le spiegazioni finali non sono belle ordinate Bisogna tornare indietro pi volte per capire tutti i meccanismi dei delitti e i moventi.
An old style locked room mystery where two people are found dead after a party It snowed all night long, so none could leave the country house That means that the murderer has to be one of the guests.The book is pretty engaging and enjoyable to read, but it misses something if compared to other mysteries of the same era The characters are not very interesting, and the author uses a lot the technique of saying that the detective saw something but without telling the reader what he actually saw, w [...]
I felt that the poison gas recently discovered by one of the characters, a vial of which he had about the house and which plays a significant part in the story, fell under Detection Club strictures murder mayhem the detecti against hitherto undetected poisons.