Death Walks in Eastrepps

by Francis Beeding

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486240142
• ISBN13: 9780486240145
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

One of the best "least-likely suspect" murders

I had to go to a great deal of trouble to find this book, and finally found a used copy in a small bookstore on line. I am glad that I took the time to find it though. I did, however determine who the murderer was about half-way through, but that was probably because I knew it was a "least-likely suspect murder". I like the English village setting, and I like the atmosphere that Beeding created when the "Evil" walked the streets in Eastrepps. The book also brings home the tragic consequences of the death penalty. It is blindingly apparent and tragic when an innocent person is executed. Since the book was written in 1931, the death penalty was still very much in effect in England. The writing in this book is superb and it has received the accolade as "one of the ten greatest detective novels of all time" fairly in my opinion. It can't be beat.

An intricate who-done-it

Incredibly, the cover blurb discloses all but the last thirty pages! Who would write such a thing??? It completely spoils the suspense that must have been there for the original readers. Nevertheless, the book itself is well written, and the multiple points-of-view are cleverly interwoven to advance the plot, not distract from it. As you will see when you read the book, you don't really have equal access to the crucial clue, which may or may not be a violation of the unofficial mystery writers' code of ethics, but nevertheless the book is entertaining.