This is a vintage murder mystery. Fergus O'Brien, a legendary World War One flying ace with several skeletons hidden in his closet, receives a series of mocking letters predicting that he will be murdered on Boxing Day. Undaunted, O'Brien throws a Christmas party, inviting everyone who could be suspected of making the threats, along with private detective Nigel Strangeways. But despite Nigel's presence, the former pilot is found dead, just as predicted, and Nigel is left to aid the local police in their investigation while trying to ignore his growing attraction to one of the other guests - and suspects - explorer Georgina Cavendish. A Nigel Strangeways murder mystery - the perfect introduction to the most charming and erudite detective in Golden Age crime fiction.
"Life for him was a tragedy, a shell of death." Fergus O'Brien是一位在战争期间赫赫有名的空军飞行员,即使是在战后二十年依旧人气不见。然而,他最近却收到了几封匿名威胁信,声称要在Boxing Day(12月26号)那天取他性命。而Fergus正好在圣诞期间邀请几位朋友前来参加家...
评分尽管今年年初定下了年内多读书的目标,但翻了翻书单,推理的大约20几本,终究还是以日系为主,欧美的涉猎并不多——想来曾被人吐槽守着这么大一个图书馆不读书真是浪费。前三个季度的英文推理除了因为回味影评而一时兴起去看的《The prestige》,就是拖欠了多年的《Evil under ...
评分尽管今年年初定下了年内多读书的目标,但翻了翻书单,推理的大约20几本,终究还是以日系为主,欧美的涉猎并不多——想来曾被人吐槽守着这么大一个图书馆不读书真是浪费。前三个季度的英文推理除了因为回味影评而一时兴起去看的《The prestige》,就是拖欠了多年的《Evil under ...
评分尽管今年年初定下了年内多读书的目标,但翻了翻书单,推理的大约20几本,终究还是以日系为主,欧美的涉猎并不多——想来曾被人吐槽守着这么大一个图书馆不读书真是浪费。前三个季度的英文推理除了因为回味影评而一时兴起去看的《The prestige》,就是拖欠了多年的《Evil under ...
评分"Life for him was a tragedy, a shell of death." Fergus O'Brien是一位在战争期间赫赫有名的空军飞行员,即使是在战后二十年依旧人气不见。然而,他最近却收到了几封匿名威胁信,声称要在Boxing Day(12月26号)那天取他性命。而Fergus正好在圣诞期间邀请几位朋友前来参加家...
读完这本会感觉和The Beast Must Die完全不是一个层次的作品:情节布局都要复杂很多,悲剧性的故事也更加打动人心。Nigel Strangeways去Ireland探寻真相那段真是煽死我了......
评分A ROMANTIC STORY narrated in a way slightly better than average
评分文笔优美,故事也很扎实。
评分按部就班的古典推理,庄园构架密室命案勘察走访悲剧人情证据拼图缜密解答,流畅利落。
评分Nigel的原型居然是奥登和艾略特?!嗯…… 不管怎么说,这个red herring养得确实成功,让人从头到尾一直抓不着思路,不过相应得也降低了凶手身份的意外性。这个手法也太刁钻点儿了,推理的切入点也是...有几个点的推理相当详尽且精彩,但串联这些点的部分就显得薄弱而说服力不足了,凶手的诡计风险变数也不小,这是拉低评价的主因,除此之外就没什么短板了。这个动机可是相当耐人寻味啊,确实是充满诗意的谋杀
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