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The Red Right Hand | Joel Townsley Rogers

4 posts | 2 read | 5 to read

With a new introduction by award-winning British crime novelist Martin Edwards, author of the Lake District Mysteries. Written in 1945, The Red Right Hand is considered to be a classic of the American mystery genre. Unique and brilliant, and not to be missed by mystery fans. There was a Little Man - Who Got Away But how? He killed St. Erme. But what did he do with St. Erme's right hand? St. Erme had a right hand, that much is indisputable. And it must be found. These are the two most essential questions in the sinister problem that confronts me - the problem I must find an answer to before the killer strikes me down too. With the answer to either or both of those questions the police would have the ugly red-eyed killer stopped. Meanwhile the problem had both the police and Dr. Riddle stopped...

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The Red Right Hand | Joel Townsley Rogers

so-so

This was a difficult read for me because there are no chapter breaks, and the only POV is that of Dr. Riddle, and I was never sure how much to trust him. The story jumps backward and forward in time, adding another complication. The writing is occasionally repetitive, and the initial sections were so ornate that I nearly bailed. But at the same time I had to find out whodunnit. So a tricky one to rate and trickier to recommend.

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