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A review by 1mpossiblealice
Six Against the Yard by The Detection Club
3.0
This was a fun gimmick for a book of short stories, but I think it would have been way more interesting if the detective had been given part of the story first and had to try and figure out how the murder was done, and then was provided with the solution. In most of them, he already knows the solution so of course it's easy for him to say he would have figured it out.
Story-wise, some were better than others - I did enjoy the twist in the Anthony Berkley one which was interesting as I thought I wasn't going to like it when I started reading it. Having recently read The 12:30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts, his story was pretty much the exact same plot but with a different murder method, which was a bit tedious.
Worth a read for the interesting idea of it, but nothing amazing, however I did like the inclusion in this edition of the Agatha Christie true crime article.
Story-wise, some were better than others - I did enjoy the twist in the Anthony Berkley one which was interesting as I thought I wasn't going to like it when I started reading it. Having recently read The 12:30 from Croydon by Freeman Wills Crofts, his story was pretty much the exact same plot but with a different murder method, which was a bit tedious.
Worth a read for the interesting idea of it, but nothing amazing, however I did like the inclusion in this edition of the Agatha Christie true crime article.