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Bezig met laden... The Plumley Inheritance (1926)door Christopher Bush
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Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Ludovic Travers (1)
"Have you heard the news, sir?" the waiter said. "I'm afraid I haven't. What is it?" "Plumley's dead, sir. Henry Plumley. We just got the news over the 'phone. Suicide they say it was. Anything else you want, sir?" Out-of-print for over nine decades and one of the rarest classic crime novels from the Golden Age of detective fiction, The Plumley Inheritance, first of the Ludovic Travers mysteries, is now available in a new edition by Dean Street Press. When the eccentric magnate Henry Plumley shockingly collapses and dies, a great adventure begins for Ludovic Travers, the dead man's secretary, and his comrade Geoffrey Wrentham - a romp with not only mystery and mischief in the offing but murder too. The Plumley Inheritance was originally published in 1926. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This is the first of the Ludovic Travers mysteries. I came across them in Lyzard’s thread, always a good source for old and obscure mystery series.
The plot’s fairly complex, involving wealthy men going bust, and the consequences arising from that. Several convoluted clues to hidden money, almost in the form of physical acrostics, muddy the waters further. Travers and his cohort (at least in this book) Wrentham are engaging and intelligent without having all that esoteric knowledge that drives a reader mad. I think the author played fair, giving thereader access to all the clues and holding nothing back except that ending twist.
Two drawbacks: although there’s some nicely done subtle humor and the already mentioned good plotting, this one is obviously a first book. And I found the relations between our heroes and the police mostly ludicrous. That didn’t spoil the book, but it did hurt the enjoyment a bit.
I have the next in the series, and I’m hoping the author improves as he goes along. ( )