A review by jbleyle63
Seven Dead by J. Farjeon

3.0

This novel opens dramatically with a nervous thief discovering seven dead bodies during a burglary attempt on an apparently vacant estate house in Essex. The setup and first half of this mystery proved exciting and entertaining. The second half landed a little flat with coincidences that strained the old suspension of disbelief which made me appreciate all the more the plotting powers demonstrated by Agatha Christie in her great And Then There Were None. Overall pleasing enough that I have added another Farjeon title, Thirteen Guests, to my Want-To-Read list and continue with kudos to the British Library Crime Classics series for resurrecting these long out of print mysteries from the Golden Age.