Murder in the Madhouse (Library of Crime Classics)

By Jonathan Latimer

Book Overview

Examines old art prints from Japan which depict theatrical and other scenes, and discusses the culture of the era that produced them.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155882023X
• ISBN13: 9781558820234
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Intl Polygonics Ltd
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.0" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

SNAPPY 1930'S HARDBOILED, GENTLY SKEWED

If you like humor with mayhem, hardboiled and "closed community" "golden age" mysteries this melange of a funny novel is for you. PI Bill Crane goes undercover at a lunatic asylum (well, OK, it *is* a high-class joint, and they don't call the patients lunatics but "guests") to solve a theft and guard an old lady, and then people start dying. Terse hardboiled-style writing, well done, a fast read. Seems as though the writer is quite tongue-in-cheek about the PI conventions - a running gag is that the PI gets beaten up at least once daily, and he has a great time poking fun at this premise. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, but can't give 5 stars because I feel he has better stories in him.