Dr. Thorndyke Intervenes
(1933)
Blurb:
My review:
Odd book. Many very good parts, but the parts that are most disappointing are also the most interesting (Thorndyke’s reconstruction of the crime, Bunter’s account of the crime, the identity of the head in the case [Bernstein’s pathological specimen]). What is disappointing, in effect, is that Dr. Thorndyke knows everything and reconstructed it halfway- to three-quarters through the book, so that the dénouement was merely proof-gathering. Thorndyke’s exposition of the fraud is also a very good scene. Falls down due to continual anti-climax.
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