The Dartmoor Enigma An Inspector Richardson Mystery eBook Basil Thomson
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“I’m writing to you about the death of Mr. Dearborn. You bet the murderer’s laughing up his sleeve now that he’s got away with it.”
An inquest is held in South Devon on the death of a man apparently killed in a motor accident on Dartmoor the verdict is “Death from misadventure.” But soon afterwards Scotland Yard and the Devon Chief Constable receive anonymous letters alleging that the verdict was wrong; that the death was caused by blows inflicted by a person, or persons, unknown.
The Chief Constable asks for help from Scotland Yard. Richardson is detailed, as Chief Inspector C.I.D., to unravel the case. A discharged quarryman is suspected by the local police; Richardson clears him. He finds the writer of the anonymous letters, but he also finds that the dead man had shrouded his own past in mystery and was going under an assumed name. It looks like the most difficult case he has had to unravel, but Chance steps in to provide him with a clue…
The Dartmoor Enigma was originally published in 1935. This new edition, the first in many decades, features an introduction by crime novelist Martin Edwards, author of acclaimed genre history The Golden Age of Murder.
“Sir Basil Thomson’s tales are always good reading, and he has the knack of being accurate about Scotland Yard.” Dorothy L. Sayers
The Dartmoor Enigma An Inspector Richardson Mystery eBook Basil Thomson
Inspector Richardson is very methodical in this less than stellar, old-fashioned, British procedural. To solve what may or may not be a murder, he interviews people, gains insights, interviews more people, gains more insights, re-interviews people, ad infinitum, until -- at long last -- a mistaken identity is uncovered, a past crime is linked, and the perpetrator is revealed. But the whole story is plodding and unreal, an investigation that should have had the plug pulled early on, because "solving" it hardly seemed worth the effort -- either on Richardson's part or the reader's. If the observations of two eyewitnesses had been correctly understood by Richardson early on rather than upon later reflection, the entire matter would have been regarded differently. In the ho-hum ending, very little that was accomplished really mattered. (To be more specific would be a spoiler.)I like old mysteries, and I realistically expect them to be stylistically different from modern ones. Indeed, it is their very old-fashioned quaintness that makes them so enjoyable to me. And I don't mind tedious whodunits if the tedium is mitigated by other positive literary qualities of story-telling. But apart from one fact-finding discussion after another, there is very little else to savor in this book until the long-awaited conclusion -- and even that just fizzles out. Overall, this is the unnecessary account of a largely unnecessary investigation. That this book was ever published is the real enigma.
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The Dartmoor Enigma An Inspector Richardson Mystery eBook Basil Thomson Reviews
I enjoyed the book, and I felt it was the strongest book in the series. All of the series is a bit slow to develop, but it could be to your taste if you like procedurals.
Interesting legal decision at resolution. Complicated store but cleverly unwound. Richardson seems to get smarter and smarter. Wish he would stick with one sidekick though.
I am really enjoying this series. I find it very interesting to see how police (Scotland Yard) work to uncover the mystery. There is lots of detail work being done with fascinating character. I am already on number 8 of the series. So happy this author and his work was reintroduced.
After reading several Inspector Richardson novels, I find his character very one-dimensional and flat - for example no description is given of him at all is he tall or short, fat or thin, fair haired or dark ? On top of that, he never makes a mistake; basically he doesn't come across as a real person.
In this novel, how he solves the case in the end is pretty far fetched.
I've read a few of these Richardson books and keep coming back for more so obviously I enjoy them. This one seemed a bit rushed, shifting from location to location for brief intervals. I kept wondering why nothing seemed to be resolvable by phone. I had some difficulty keeping track of the players. And the ending was not enthralling, kind of watered down, actually. Still, I've already acquired the next one.
This novel was a disappointment. After reading two of his other novels, I expected a much better plot development. It seemed that either the author became tired of the story and wanted to bring it to a quick end, or he had something else he wanted to do, or he was under a publisher's deadline. As a result, after a good beginning, the novel just simply went nowhere.
This is the fifth book in the Inspector Richardson series. It appears the in this book and the next two books of the series, Basil Thomson (or his editor) adopted some of Churchill's grammar - this is acceptable for conversation, but a little distracting for usage in the descriptive text. However, Thomson again has a perfect story line and presents another perfect mystery!!! The plot is complex, interesting, and thorough. Detective Inspector Richardson from the fourth book in this series is now Chief Inspector Richardson. The character development is complete and, again, makes the reader feel like he/she both knows the cast and would like to meet them. Verneuil and the additional French police are especially delightful characters. Sufficient clues are given and the solution is still surprising. If you pay attention while reading, you, too, may be able to solve this mystery. Richardson solves the case quite brilliantly.
Inspector Richardson is very methodical in this less than stellar, old-fashioned, British procedural. To solve what may or may not be a murder, he interviews people, gains insights, interviews more people, gains more insights, re-interviews people, ad infinitum, until -- at long last -- a mistaken identity is uncovered, a past crime is linked, and the perpetrator is revealed. But the whole story is plodding and unreal, an investigation that should have had the plug pulled early on, because "solving" it hardly seemed worth the effort -- either on Richardson's part or the reader's. If the observations of two eyewitnesses had been correctly understood by Richardson early on rather than upon later reflection, the entire matter would have been regarded differently. In the ho-hum ending, very little that was accomplished really mattered. (To be more specific would be a spoiler.)
I like old mysteries, and I realistically expect them to be stylistically different from modern ones. Indeed, it is their very old-fashioned quaintness that makes them so enjoyable to me. And I don't mind tedious whodunits if the tedium is mitigated by other positive literary qualities of story-telling. But apart from one fact-finding discussion after another, there is very little else to savor in this book until the long-awaited conclusion -- and even that just fizzles out. Overall, this is the unnecessary account of a largely unnecessary investigation. That this book was ever published is the real enigma.
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