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Book Review of Calamity in Kent (British Library Crime Classics)

Calamity in Kent (British Library Crime Classics)
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In which I became frustrated at the slow pace and wordiness...

Narrated by someone I thought was too full of himself (seemed young, but is revealed to be 40 years old) and pompous, I didn't find the mystery that interesting. The tedious details the reporter enthralls his readers with grow old and many, many passages and pages could have been trimmed. Where's the editor when you need him or her? I thought the Scotland Yard Inspector was pretty foolish having such a close confidant working on the case.

I thought some of these British Library Crime Classic entries were very entertaining (Death of an Airman and Fire In the Thatch come to mind), but this belongs with other duds they have reprinted (The Incredible Crime and Weekend at Thrackley).