Wednesday 29 March 2023
Leonard Gribble - Fanous Mysteries of Modern Times - Muller - 1976
Leonard Gribble - Famous Mysteries of Modern Times - Muller - 1976
This followed the same authors` Famous Historical Mysteries and More Famous Historical Mysteries (both of which I have, but have not read yet), and was intended as a supplement to them.
I did wonder if this might mean it was hastily cobbled together in order to cash in on the success of its` predecessors, but this does not seem to be the case.
I would query whether all of the cases discussed here really qualify as `mysteries`, but let`s not worry too much about that. Generally, the book is an absorbing read and does feature a number of intriguing mysteries, some of which were new to me despite my long-standing fondness for such things.
There were some points where I felt like the book could have been edited more thoroughly (did the author really intend to say that the inhabitants of Kirkwall were "understandably inbred" ?), but this is not a huge problem overall.
Recommended reading, but not for mystery-loving perfectionists.