![]() ![]() Foremost among them are Sergeant Wurren of the Dullchester Constabulary as he goes about his bumbling investigations and ludicrous questioning, and Wurren’s nemesis, Boyce’s Boy - you know, the lad who delivers for the greengrocer - a most extraordinarily intelligent and amusing imp. Soon the Dean, a speckled pig - the rest of the sty goes later - and a wind-up toy cannot be located.Īs I said, the plot is not the reason to read this novel it should be read for Thorndike’s descriptive ability and his characters. Then the spinster bee lady, complete with veil, is found missing, if that makes any sense. ![]() A Minor Canon vanishes, followed shortly by a second Minor Canon. ![]() In the Precincts strange disappearances are occurring. ![]() Most of the events take place in the fascinating Dullchester Cathedral. It has to do with a treasure hunt by a flagitious doctor of medicine who is featureless and a Chinese villain who in his brief appearance manifests great charm despite his lust for the heroine and despite his vile antecedents and even viler predilections. Also: Jonathan Cape, UK, 1933.įorget about the plot in this thriller, which must have creaked even in the ’20s and which Thorndike does not energize or even, I must confide, make much sense of at the end. First published in the UK: Holden, hardcover, 1927. ![]()
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