John Stephen

STRANGE

Murder gives a

Lovely Light

P. F. Collier & Son —— a Crime Club Selection (©1941)

{Note:  originally published by Doubleday Doran.}

CONDITION:  No jacket, old price mark on front flyleaf, but generally I would rate this as GOOD to VERY GOOD.

Commentaries on line:

[From Kirkus]

Lieutenant Honneger bulldogs his way through the death of the socially prominent and wealthy Simeon Rade, some time after the death has been dismissed as natural. A very much younger wife and daughter involved in undercover romantic entanglements, as partner's confession of a past embezzlement, backstairs chicanery and gossip, supply plenty of conjecture. Aboveboard tactics for a substantial and well sustained tale.

[From Saturday Review, 1941]

Extra well-written and capably constructed tale with ample suspense and denouement that seems just a bit forced.

Verdict:  Worthwhile.

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About the Author

John Stephen Strange was the pen name of Dorothy Stockbridge Tillett, who wrote 22 mystery novels for the Crime Club published from 1928 to 1976. 

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