Died in the Wool
by Ngaio Marsh
Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimehistoricalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearsolving the riddle/not as it seemsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeA layered mystery, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.5 / 5
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About This Book
One summer evening in 1942, Flossie Rubrick, goes to her husband's wool shed to rehearse a patriotic speech - and disappears. Three weeks later she turns up at an auction, packed inside one of her own bales of wool and very, very dead
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- Author
- Ngaio Marsh
- Published
- 1945
- Pages
- 256
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- Open Library
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