Title: Virtually unreadable, except as an example of 1930's magazine fiction
Product review: The stories in Murder by the Dozen were published in Collier's in the 1930's and were unusual because they featured a suave, debonair Chinese detective...or something. It's not clear exactly what the hero, James Lee Wong, did for a living, but he was a Federal employee, possibly of the Treasury Department, and a graduate of Yale. Because the stories are short, there is virtually no character or plot development, and they tend to plod along fairly pointlessly and then wrap up in a quick paragraph. Decent subway reading -- if you have a 20-30 minute commute you can read a story per ride -- but that's about it. Also, after buying the book, which appears to be a "print on demand" title, I discovered it is availble for free on the web, at the site listed on the book cover.
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