Review – The Abbey Court Murders

The Abbey Court Murderby Annie HaynesGenres: Crime, Mystery Pages: 217 Series: Inspector Furnival #1 Rating: Synopsis: “A crime of a peculiarly mysterious nature was perpetrated some time last night in a block of flats called Abbey Court.” Lady Judith Carew acted furtively on the night of the Denboroughs’ party. Her secret assignation at 9:30pm was a meeting to which she took a loaded revolver. The Abbey Court apartment building would play host to violent death that very night, under cover of darkness. The killer’s identity remained a mystery, though Lady Carew had a most compelling motive – and her revolver was left in the dead man’s flat… Enter the tenacious Inspector Furnival in the first of his golden age mysteries, first published in 1923. Though there are many clues, there are just as many red herrings and the case takes numerous Christie-esque twists before the murderer can be revealed. Annie Haynes is a writer I hadn’t come across before, so I was quite interested to read her…