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justasking27's review against another edition
3.0
Felt like a more mature version of Thondyke mystery, especially as we get to see how one criminal ends up making the decisions he did.
alexauthorshay's review against another edition
3.0
After reading the last one, I was hoping that Freeman would do some more experiments like that one, but it's back to the semi-old drawing board. Several chapters in the beginning following a character and the criminal. There's a bit of a twist in this one in that the events in the beginning and the case with Thorndyke seem totally unrelated at first, rather than the usual Thorndyke being hired on the case the reader already knows about, but you know they have to be linked somehow.
There are two murders in this book; one came as quite a shock to me. It's in the table of contents and is the Book II header so I figure no spoilers, but I was quite taken aback when Freeman killed Inspector Badger. Granted, I haven't really heard from him in the last several books but I remember him being quite a prominent character in a few of the books. And, for the first time ever, Freeman brings back a criminal from one of the previous books! That was unexpected as well, but it hints that Freeman is starting to step away from his formula, which I'm hoping he does. I've read 20 Thorndyke mysteries now and I only have 7 or so left, so changing it up a little can hardly hurt.
There are two murders in this book; one came as quite a shock to me. It's in the table of contents and is the Book II header so I figure no spoilers, but I was quite taken aback when Freeman killed Inspector Badger. Granted, I haven't really heard from him in the last several books but I remember him being quite a prominent character in a few of the books. And, for the first time ever, Freeman brings back a criminal from one of the previous books! That was unexpected as well, but it hints that Freeman is starting to step away from his formula, which I'm hoping he does. I've read 20 Thorndyke mysteries now and I only have 7 or so left, so changing it up a little can hardly hurt.
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