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Cargando... Antidote to Venom (1938)por Freeman Wills Crofts
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. A British Library Crime Classic mystery story told from two perspectives - the criminal and the detective. Originally published in 1938, Antidote to Venom begins with the introduction of zoo director George Surridge, a man struggling with gambling debt and an unhappy marriage. When George falls in love with another woman, he's convinced his luck is turning and that the inheritance from his recently deceased aunt will set everything right. But disaster strikes and George finds himself seeking a unique solution to his desperate circumstances. Enter Inspector French, a detective determined to uncover the truth, no matter how challenging the puzzle. As much a character study as a mystery, this is an intriguing read with excellent pacing and some intense moments. All of the characters are fully developed, especially George, a man seeking something that seems forever out of his reach. The details about the zoo and it's operation were a highlight for me. Note: this review is based on an ARC from the publisher sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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George Surridge, director of the Birmington Zoo, is a man with many worries: his marriage is collapsing; his finances are insecure; and an outbreak of disease threatens the animals in his care. As Surridge's debts mount and the pressure on him increases, he begins to dream of miracle solutions. But is he cunning enough to turn his dreams into reality - and could he commit the most devious murder in pursuit of his goals? This ingenious crime novel, with its unusual 'inverted' structure and sympathetic portrait of a man on the edge, is one of the greatest works by this highly respected author. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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It's set up sort of like a "reverse whodunnit" but even stronger - it takes a long time for you to find out who's going to get murdered with multiple false hints as to who the victim will be and things only really get going like... halfwayish through? It works well, things get set up nicely and the build-up is well done. His character writing is hardly Nobel Literature level but the characters make sense and you get a good idea of their distinct personality and motives - they're more than flat stereotypes. The mystery itself is built around a single conceit but it's pretty ingenious and I liked it
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