I love it now when my reading jumps one thing to the next which is almost always how it happens now. When I read Bernard Hollowood’s ‘Scowle and Other Papers’ (see earlier post) which I really liked but did basically read because it was yellow, I found an advertisement in the back for a new publication in Penguin Mystery & Crime series called ‘Case for Three Detectives’ by Leo Bruce. I’ve just finished reading this and it proved an enjoyable read.
A ‘locked room’ and three amateur detectives on the scene as well as a bemused local policeman. The three detectives, M. Picon, Lord Simon Plimsoll and Mgr. Smith, based on three very famous other literary detectives offer three very complex solutions but the policeman has the last word…..
The Solitary Reader 