The Abbey Court Murder: An Inspector Furnival Mystery: Volume 1 (The Inspector Furnival Mysteries), by Annie Haynes
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“A crime of a peculiarly mysterious nature was perpetrated some time last night in a block of flats called Abbey Court.”Lady Judith Carew acted furtively on the night of the Denboroughs’ party. Her secret assignation at 9:30pm was a meeting to which she took a loaded revolver. The Abbey Court apartment building would play host to violent death that very night, under cover of darkness. The killer’s identity remained a mystery, though Lady Carew had a most compelling motive - and her revolver was left in the dead man’s flat…Enter the tenacious Inspector Furnival in the first of his golden age mysteries, first published in 1923. Though there are many clues, there are just as many red herrings and the case takes numerous Christie-esque twists before the murderer can be revealed. This new edition, the first printed in over 80 years, features an introduction from crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.“Annie Haynes does, in The Abbey Court Murder, what all writers of mystery stories aspire to do, and so few carry off successfully… It is a first-rate story… the plot thickens with every page, leading us on to the final climax in a state of unfluctuating interest.” Bookman
The Abbey Court Murder: An Inspector Furnival Mystery: Volume 1 (The Inspector Furnival Mysteries), by Annie Haynes- Amazon Sales Rank: #26081 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-05
- Released on: 2015-10-05
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author
Annie Haynes was born in 1865, the daughter of an ironmonger. By the first decade of the twentieth century she lived in London and moved in literary and early feminist circles. Her first crime novel, The Bungalow Mystery, appeared in 1923, and another nine mysteries were published before her untimely death in 1929. Who Killed Charmian Karslake? appeared posthumously, and a further partially-finished work, The Crystal Beads Murder, was completed with the assistance of an unknown fellow writer, and published in 1930.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful. Goes Down A Treat By Cheryl Leaf I am a big fan of mysteries set in England in the 1920's and written in that time period. The writing here is clean and the mystery is good. No sex, gore or violence, just a good old fashioned mystery. After reading so many current mysteries, reading a book that's more simple and innocent goes down a treat. I wish Furnival had been fleshed out more, but maybe that happens in subsequent books. Can't wait to read more by this author. (Clara Benson is also a fine writer if you like this style.)
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful. I tried. By Techin' It I tried to give this book a chance. I really did. However, I finally threw in the towel and deleted the thing after making it a little past chapter 4 because it was just so darn bad. I would have been incredibly upset if I had paid more than the slightly over a dollar this book cost.The writing reminds me very much of a romance novel trying to disguise itself as a mystery thriller--lots of our heroine sighing and fainting and wringing her hands, a mysterious male stranger who will never let her go, agonizing over her true love which is at stake, violence prompted by lost affection, etc. Basically, very hackneyed and just generally silly, but not even in a pleasurable sort of way. There are plenty of books that start off a bit iffy, but there's at least some sort of draw to make you want to work through to the meat of the plot... not so here. There wasn't even enough vaguely interesting material to try and make this a "I'm going to finish this damn book on principle!" read.The editing also very much leaves something to be desired, which looks like it may actually be from the author herself (my assumption because the modern introduction was written just fine). I am only exaggerating a little bit when I say the writing format is as follows:* One small run-on paragraph held together via comma splice* One small paragraph consisting of a long sentence broken up with a semicolon* RepeatWhy? Who knows. Perhaps it was just a quirk of the author. It was incredibly distracting, however, and made me want to bring out a red pen and mark up my Kindle.The book description tries to make a comparison between Annie Haynes and Agatha Christie. Thanks to the history provided by the introduction, the only way I can possibly see any sort of comparison is that they briefly were published by the same publishing house and were both women. At the risk of sounding harsh, I think that there may have been a reason why interest in this author dropped off immediately after her death. There are many, many other books that are much more enjoyable to read, and there are plenty of other golden-era mystery authors that are worth bringing back into print. In my opinion this one is not one of them.I will say this, however: if sloppy writing is not a deal-breaker for you and if you tend to enjoy both bodice rippers and low-key thrillers, then you might like this book at least enough to spend a few hours on it. This book would probably also be of interest to those who favor the "cozy mystery" category.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Old-Fashioned Romance-Mystery By Happy Reader Lady Judith Carew and her husband, Sir Anthony Carew, only married a short time themselves, have arrived for a society wedding at St. Peter's, London. While they're loitering outside, waiting their turn to go in, two men try to pass through the wedding crowd on their way down the street. "Both men, though they wore the conventional frockcoat and silk hat, had the look of travellers, or colonials, with their thin bronzed faces."One of the men passing stops short at the sight of Judith. And no wonder, as she's described: "As Lady Carew smiled, it was noticeable that the whole character of her face altered. In repose it was cold, even a little melancholy, but the smile revealed unexpected possibilities, the big hazel eyes melted and deepened, the mouth softened into new curves."But it's more than her beauty that has stopped the man. He dares to rudely accost her, and Lady Carew's response is agonized, "But you – I thought you were dead."Not only has someone come back from the dead, but he is a threat to Lady Carew's reputation and happiness. Wouldn't it be fortunate if he turned up dead a second time? Yes, in a mystery book it surely would!Annie Haynes had 10 mysteries published between 1923 and 1929. According to the Introduction, it's noted that during the 20s she was compared to Agatha Christie. But her body of work was already mostly forgotten by the 30s.I think "The Abbey Court Murders" is an old-fashioned mystery, leaning more towards a romance. It even has the old chestnut of a birthmark identifying a lost heir, though to be fair, maybe it wasn't so overused in 1923. For a bunch of the book the murder mystery is forgotten while it turns into Pride & Prejudice. But the main reason why I wasn't overly impressed with this mystery is that the solution is easy to figure out, which makes the ending seem drawn-out.The book is nicely written, with a little repetition. But the plotting is just OK for me, which is 3 stars. I give "The Abbey Court Murders" 3.4 stars, rounded down to 3.Happy Reader
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