Originally published in 1922, this is an example of the mystery popular at the time. I found it not that satisfying as a mystery, but the quality of the writing kept me going. (An example: The clock in the study ticked loudly in the perfect stillness and then struck ten as though rejoicing in the theft of an hour from a man who prided himself on knowing the value of time.)
There were two long, drawn out passages I found tedious -- one outlining in much detail one character's wandering in London searching for another character, and one harkening back 30 years that sets up part of the solution. That solution is sort of a let down. One possible murderer is sprung on the reader almost four-fifths of the way through the book; then it's all wrapped up very quickly. And as sometimes happens, a huge coincidence sets up the whole thing.
The Moon Rock in question is just a stone formation at the base of the cliff on which the house sits has no part in the mystery except that characters sit on it sometimes.
Recommended for the writing style, but not the plot so much.
Note: the edition published by Clue Publishing (probably a print-on-demand copy) is one of those bare-bones books with no information about the book itself (just the ISBN on the back cover) and a font that is really very small.
There were two long, drawn out passages I found tedious -- one outlining in much detail one character's wandering in London searching for another character, and one harkening back 30 years that sets up part of the solution. That solution is sort of a let down. One possible murderer is sprung on the reader almost four-fifths of the way through the book; then it's all wrapped up very quickly. And as sometimes happens, a huge coincidence sets up the whole thing.
The Moon Rock in question is just a stone formation at the base of the cliff on which the house sits has no part in the mystery except that characters sit on it sometimes.
Recommended for the writing style, but not the plot so much.
Note: the edition published by Clue Publishing (probably a print-on-demand copy) is one of those bare-bones books with no information about the book itself (just the ISBN on the back cover) and a font that is really very small.
