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Sweet Danger

Name: Sweet Danger
Author: Margery Allingham

by Margery Allingham

1933•Mystery•256 pages

Taste attributes: mysteryadventuredetectivehistoricalfresh & originalintricatelinearenclosedall consuming questsolving the riddle/not as it seemsrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA fresh mystery, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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3.7 / 5

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About This Book

Way back during the crusades Richard I presented the Huntingforest family with the tiny Balkan principality of Averna but since then the kingdom has been forgotten, until circumstances in Europe suddenly render it extremely strategically important to the British Government.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

MysteryAdventureDetectiveHistoricalAll consuming questSolving the riddle/not as it seemsRescue/escape/jeopardy

Subjects

MysteryPrivate investigatorsEngland

Details

Author: Margery Allingham
Published: 1933
Pages: 256
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Source: Open Library

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