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The Case of the Drowning Duck

Name: The Case of the Drowning Duck
Author: Erle Stanley Gardner

by Erle Stanley Gardner

1942•Mystery•284 pages

Taste attributes: mysterydetectivelegalcrimeunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemslove conquers all

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Boxlist takeLayered and intimate: a grounded mystery. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

Taste details

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

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3.5 / 5

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About This Book

As the book opens, Perry and his secretary are away from the office on vacation in Palm Springs. And it turns out to be fortuitous when Mason is approached by a very wealthy local man, named Witherspoon, who has a strange request.

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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

MysteryDetectiveLegalCrimeSolving the riddle/not as it seemsLove conquers all

Subjects

CaliforniaLawyers

Details

Author: Erle Stanley Gardner
Published: 1942
Pages: 284
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Source: Open Library

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