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A review by halellery
Six Against the Yard by Dorothy L. Sayers, Anthony Berkeley, Agatha Christie, The Detection Club, Ronald Knox, Margery Allingham, George W. Cornish, Russell Thorndike, Freeman Wills Crofts
3.0
Tales of the perfect crime, as imagined by some of the best mystery writers of old.
That certainly caught my eye. And the crimes themselves were actually a really good read. Would recommend, would read again, and all.
The commentary of the ex-CID though; that I could've done without. It all amounts to conjecture which isn't backed by anything at all, and delivered in this supremely irritating condescending tone, which had me wanting to side with the criminals, even though I'm a bit bourgeois, like Poirot, and disapprove of murder and don't excuse it.
Worse. It made me want to put down the book.
Note to self: If rereading, skip the CID-crap.
That certainly caught my eye. And the crimes themselves were actually a really good read. Would recommend, would read again, and all.
The commentary of the ex-CID though; that I could've done without. It all amounts to conjecture which isn't backed by anything at all, and delivered in this supremely irritating condescending tone, which had me wanting to side with the criminals, even though I'm a bit bourgeois, like Poirot, and disapprove of murder and don't excuse it.
Worse. It made me want to put down the book.
Note to self: If rereading, skip the CID-crap.