The Case of the Curious Bride
by Erle Stanley Gardner
Taste attributes: mysterylegalcrimefastfresh & originalintricatelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeAn intimate, layered mystery, otherwise balanced. 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: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
After con man Greg Moxley married Rhoda Lorton, he took her money and flew, only to have his plane crash. Years later, Rhoda weds millionaire scion Carl Montaine. But now Moxley has turned up alive and well, with plans to pocket the Montaine fortune...or else make Rhoda's bigamy public.
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- Author
- Erle Stanley Gardner
- Published
- 1934
- Pages
- 220
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