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by Norman Russell Detective Inspector Saul Jackson is finally about to tie the knot with Sarah Brown, and is travelling home on the train with his special license. He witnesses a conversation between two men in another carriage, one of whom has just come from America to visit one Alexander Skeffington. The next time Jackson sees young Elijah Robinson the American is dead - and everybody thinks that they know who did the deed. Ursula Holt has just been released "cured" from an asylum after a six-month stay, following incidents where she killed various farm animals while she sleepwalked. The weapon of choice was one of her uncle's scalpels, so it looks an open and shut case. Luckily, Jackson and trusty Sergeant Herbert Bottomley have other ideas. Here is another one of Norman Russell's highly enjoyable gothic detective stories, replete with young women in jeopardy, phantom ballrooms, chests with ghastly secrets and several murders. This is a pacy, exciting story with plenty of clues, red herrings, strange occurrences and even a trip to America for Jackson to reveal the truth. There is a lot of it to uncover, and the reader will have a ball as old secrets and crimes are finally laid bare thanks to the sharp brains of the two detectives. There is something cozy too about this vanished world of great houses, sing songs in pubs, spur-of-the-moment train journeys, Cunard liners and crimes that a modern police force would solve comparatively quickly. It all adds up to another success - more please! |
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