Mystery from the Past
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In this, the third of Earl Derr Biggers' six Charlie Chan novels, Charlie has just solved the case described in The Chinese Parrot and is in San Francisco, yearning to return to his wife and family in Hawaii. His wife is, in fact, expecting their eleventh child. But at a dinner party, Sir Frederic Bruce, who is writing his memoirs about a woman who went missing some 15 years earlier, and who talks about the case at the dinner party, is murdered. Charlie is encouraged to stay, but boards the boat for home.

There he overhears something which makes him deboard and return to the case. "Moment of gentle embarrassment for me," he tells his former hosts. "The traveler who said goodbye is back before he goes." And when the District Attorney asks Charlie if he's on leave of duty from his police job in Hawaii, Charlie responds despondently: "One which stretches out like an elastic." All of Charlie Chan's intelligence and humanity are fully developed by this third novel. Now the author, who began as a writer of popular fiction with a romantic boy-meets-girl bent, turns to learning about how to plot mysteries. Here in Behind That Curtain Biggers deals with a "case" that is almost two decades old, and he does so very successfully.

Biggers female characters are strong and interesting, as are his supporting male characters. In this book Biggers introduces Inspector Duff of Scotland Yard. Duff and Charlie become fast friends, and, due to reader demand at the time, Biggers brought Duff back in a subsequent novel. All in all, a satisfying novel in the Charlie Chan series.
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I like the mystery in the book and how the story came together. I find the history to bring together the characters interesting. I liked the ending too! Barbara Freethy did a good job with the relationship between Alex and his mother. That is something you could believe.
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A Thousand Yesteryears is a suspenseful, mystery filled read with engaging characters entwined by a traumatic past.  It plays out in Point Pleasant, Va., a quaint old river town with a traumatic and supernatural history.  Mae Clair does excellent work of weaving a mystery with her own slant along side the true life event of the fall of the Silver Bridge and the urban legend of the Mothman.  I anxiously await and look forward to the continuing story in books two and three of this series.
1673711
A thoroughly old-fashioned mystery. If you like thinking over forensics then this book is for you. I didn't see who the perpetrator was until W.T. was ready to tell all.
3727565
A very good mystery that kept me from putting my Kindle down. I enjoyed the author's style of going back and forth between 2 different time periods.
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I enjoyed this mystery, which I suppose falls under the heading of historical mystery, although there is less period detail than that label sometimes implies. The characters are well drawn and the plot generally well handled, although there is one clue which the female protagonist takes well too long to absorb. I'll be giving the next book in the series a try.
2609664
This is a darling little mystery set in an old English manor house. It begins with an accidentally death during World War II which is covered up by the perpetrator. It is uncovered by our intrepid American/English gardener who during the course of her investigation resolves other dormant mysteries surrounding several of the local villagers.

I have read other books by this author and was not disappointed by this offering. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys a relative non violent mystery.

I give it a 4 star rating.

I received this ARC from Netgalley for my unbiased review.
1289115
A  throwback to 40's and 50's mysteries with a troubled detective.  Somewhat predictable plot.
3215841
This mystery is set in the Galloway section of Scotland. It was published in 1931. The murdered victim is a detested artist from the local art community. The suspects are five of his colleagues, who may have had a grudge. The only problem is that none of them have plausible alibis. So who can Lord Wimsey suspect, all of them or none of them? The dialogue is very amusing but hard to follow since Mrs. Sayers writes in dialect, something modern day writers shirk from. It was very hard to understand what was going on, also the use of Scottish slang words not familiar to US readers. I enjoyed the story but may not read anymore of her writing because of the problems with descriptions and terms I am not able to decipher. I will stick to more readable contemporary mystery writers.
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For a book set in the 1950's, which I normally don't lean toward, I truly enjoyed this book and I am looking forward to what the three of them get into for the future. I recommend this book for anyone who likes a good old mystery with three main characters who leave you wondering.
1149824
Good mystery.  It does jump from present day back in history and back again.  Good story line.
1606144
This was the second in the series that I have read and I am really enjoying them.  I love to read about this time-period and I love mysteries.
2057852
Mystery well developed with friends from previous books reappearing here.  Characters help to develop the story in a layer at a time. I didn't figure it out until the end.
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This was my first book by Anna Katherine Green. It was written in 1878 and highlighted the richness of the language and customs of that time. I enjoyed the book and will read more books by this author. It was well written and the plot was well-developed. Even though all the clues were provided to the reader, I did not figure it out until the murderer's confession. I got the Kindle version, and the only detraction was the misspellings and grammar errors. However, since these books are typed into electronic format by volunteers, that is to be expected. There were a few instances where the errors clouded the meaning, but on the whole, I was able to work through most of them. I would recommend this book if you like mysteries, and especially if you enjoy writings from the 1800s.
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Good mystery with piles of genealogy discussion. Sometimes the genealogy gets in the wayway of the plot. Good ebook to read.
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It captured my attention, because it was a mystery and it went from today to the past.  I liked it as a light read while on vacation!
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I enjoy reading Victorian mysteries. This one was very good at describing how San Francisco looked in the 1800's. At times the story content moved slowly. But it was a good mystery since I could not guess "who-dunnit"  before the end of the story.