My dad recommended an old Ellery Queen mystery, The Egyptian Cross. The fun part about these old Ellery Queen books is that once the main story is told, there is a challenge to the reader to figure out from all the clues, not guess, who did it before old Ellery solves it for you. I didn't guess correctly (yes, I guessed) but at least I did, at one point, guess the correct person and motive even though I dismissed it and went in a wrong direction. I wasn't into it for about the first half of the book. There were a huge pile of obvious red herrings and the story didn't begin to be cohesive until about halfway through. I might pick up a few more sometime in the future.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
The Egyptian Cross
My dad recommended an old Ellery Queen mystery, The Egyptian Cross. The fun part about these old Ellery Queen books is that once the main story is told, there is a challenge to the reader to figure out from all the clues, not guess, who did it before old Ellery solves it for you. I didn't guess correctly (yes, I guessed) but at least I did, at one point, guess the correct person and motive even though I dismissed it and went in a wrong direction. I wasn't into it for about the first half of the book. There were a huge pile of obvious red herrings and the story didn't begin to be cohesive until about halfway through. I might pick up a few more sometime in the future.
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