A review by depizan
Castle Skull by John Dickson Carr

2.0

Theatrical to the point of absurdity, with some moments of good Gothic atmosphere, and about as subtle as you'd expect from the title. At times it feels almost like a cartoon parody of a mystery story instead of a mystery story - the characters are ridiculous, there's not one, but two melodramatic "impossible" deaths, and the castle is something out of Scooby-Doo.

I'm not sure the plot isn't something out of Scooby-Doo. Just with 100% more murder and immolated bodies.