This is my third read by this author, the other two titles being, A Gentle Murderer (1951) and Death of an Old Sinner (1957). The Saturday Review of Literature seems to have enjoyed this one opining that: ‘Sequence of widows’ deaths give nice Jasper Tully of New York cops something to think about; lawyer Jimmie Jarvis also suavely cogitative; bright and witty, with A-1 characterisation; payoff becomes neatly obvious without abatement of suspense [...] This one a real sparkler.’ I have had som...
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