Printer’s Error by Gladys Mitchell published 1939 There’s quite the story behind this one, which I should have been blogging on months ago. I am involved in a Secret Santa with a number of other Golden Age Detective fans, and we each provide a guide as to what kind of thing we like, and anything we’re particularly looking for. I said that the only book I really couldn’t find was this one, but said ‘good luck with that’, I really wasn’t asking for it or expecting it. I have been searching for it for ages, and it doesn’t even come up in very expensive second-hand versions. So imagine my delight when I received a PDF copy, sent on Christmas Day via an honest broker third party to maintain the secrecy. I was stunned and happy. Shortly afterwards I sat down to read it. It seemed to launch oddly, in the middle of certain events – explanations were being given, a crime was being solved. Was this the end of a previous case before launching into the main action? Well, Gladys Mitchell always a…
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