Bodies from the Library: Lost Classic Stories by Masters of the Golden Age

by Tony Medawar

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This collection of short stories from various Golden Age mystery writers was a mixed bag. I mean, they all are but this one struck me as more so than others. Maybe this was because there was no overarching theme to this collection.
And it somehow felt as if the story by Agatha Christie was only added to carry the rest of the book.
Dame Agatha's contribution was interesting, but not a favourite.

One thing that I have taken away from this is that Cyril Hare is definitely becoming one of my favourite GA mystery writers. His works tend to have a dark side, but with quite a bit of humor and irony, too.