Reginald Ashcombe builds the old machine and builds it fair: a closed circle, six respectable motives, one body, and every clue laid in plain sight for the reader willing to see it. His drawing-room murders are urbane and unhurried, the misdirection elegant, the reveal a click of restored order. Justice, in his hands, is a matter of good manners and better deduction.
Urbane, puzzle-precise, fair-play. Clues laid in plain sight, a brilliant detective, a tidy reveal. Witty drawing-room dialogue, elegant misdirection, justice served by deduction.
Preoccupations
the closed circle of suspects · the perfect alibi · respectable murderers · order restored
In conversation with
Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Anthony Horowitz
A line
"There were seven people at the dinner, six of whom had a motive, and the seventh, of course, was already dead."
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