The Childerbridge mystery
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (635 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B006D7NO66 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 316 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Old Fashion Mystery Sylvia Wadlington The Childerbridge Mystery by Guy Newell Boothy was written in 1902 and mystery writing has become much more complex since then. This tale is written in the classic English, murder in the Manor, style and has a bit of everything you'd expect including a love story, a murder, a few ghosts and a bit of suspense. Lacking the details of a contemporary piece made it fairly short and though I di. Clever twists Larry, true dedicated reader The Childerbridge Mystery Guy Newell BoothbyWritten just at the turn of the century (19th to 20th), this novel is pretty much an old English manor mystery story. Of course, there is a murder - with another mystery on top of that. Plus a ghost tale is involved. Then, too, there is the thwarted romance angle. Pretty much standard fare for such tales, except there are a few unusual twists t. I'll Go Along With Most of the Other Reviewers 1902 is the date on this mystery, the first by Guy Boothby that I have read. I am going to get the others in Kindle editions which, if this is a good sample of his work, are a bargain at the price (in this case-free). It is possible that you will not like the easy-going style of the period in which, customarily, the Good Guys are good clean through and the Bad GuysThe woman, of course, ar
. He lived mainly in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind who is a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. About the Author Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century
. He lived mainly in England. Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 – 26 February 1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind who is a Victorian forerunner
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