The Middle Temple Murder

by J.S. Fletcher and Joseph Smith Fletcher

Book Overview

Spargo lived in Bloomsbury on the west side of Russell Square. Every night and every morning he walked to and from the Watchman office by the same route-Southampton Row Kingsway the Strand Fleet Street. He came to know several faces especially amongst the police; he formed the habit of exchanging greetings with various officers whom he encountered at regular points as he went slowly homewards smoking his pipe.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486239101
• ISBN13: 9780486239101
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very enjoyable romp

An immensely enjoyable detective romp, first published in 1919. The writing is sometimes a bit stiff and pompous, but the plot is satisfyingly dense, the mystery is intriguing, and the atmosphere and characterization (which are the point of the whole thing) are top-notch. My favourite was the old stamp dealer who exclaims, "You think and argue on modern lines -- which are, of course, highly superior."