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Title: Straightforward Murder Mystery
Review: Lord Stretherdale is an eccentric man, and he is also wealthy. Rather than make a will for his fortune, he allows his inheritance to go to his nephew, a shifty fellow with a bad reputation. When Stretherdale's solicitors try to present the new Lord with his title, they find him murdered in his uncle's castle. Now it is up to the police and the curious solicitors to piece together a tangled puzzle to solve not one, but two murders.The title of this book conjures thoughts of ghosts and family secrets in an old gothic castle, but this is simply a straight-forward crime mystery as is typical of Fletcher. He followed Arthur Conan Doyle's rules of mystery writing. The protagonist should never be the guilty party. Give enough clues to the reader so he can guess the solution with the characters. Never rely on the supernatural for a big finish.This is a good read that will maintain your interest throughout.
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