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One of the first Golden Age mysteries I ever read was the Francis Iles 1931 classic “inverted mystery,” Malice Aforethought, about a doctor who decides that he will do away with his shrewish wife and marry a younger woman he fancies. It’s called an inverted mystery because, unlike your usual mystery, we know who the murderer is from the start, and the story is more of a whydunnit, howdunnit, and what happened along the w ...more
One of the first Golden Age mysteries I ever read was the Francis Iles 1931 classic “inverted mystery,” Malice Aforethought, about a doctor who decides that he will do away with his shrewish wife and marry a younger woman he fancies. It’s called an inverted mystery because, unlike your usual mystery, we know who the murderer is from the start, and the story is more of a whydunnit, howdunnit, and what happened along the w ...more
L'assassinio di mia zia, narra le vicende di Edward Powell, intrappolato nella morsa asfissiante della zia Mildred e sulla sua minuziosa pianificazione dell'omicidio della zia stessa.
Tuttavia, il ritmo narrativo risulta piuttosto lento e piatto e a volte noioso.
La vera svolta arriva solo nel finale: questo colpo di coda, pur efficace, non riesce però a risollevare del tutto il romanzo, che rimane penalizzato da una narrazione poco coinvolgente per la maggior parte del suo svolgimento.
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Tuttavia, il ritmo narrativo risulta piuttosto lento e piatto e a volte noioso.
La vera svolta arriva solo nel finale: questo colpo di coda, pur efficace, non riesce però a risollevare del tutto il romanzo, che rimane penalizzato da una narrazione poco coinvolgente per la maggior parte del suo svolgimento.
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