Two detective made their debuts in 1925. Anthony Berkeley's Roger Sheringham in The Layton Court Mystery and Earl Derr Biggers' Charlie Chan in The House Without a Key. Sheringham's debut is a country-house mystery. The host is murdered and Sheringham decides to play detective. The mystery could have been interesting had I been invested in … Continue reading #HYH25: Detective Debuts
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Three Mysteries by Anthony Berkeley
Stephen Munro, a demobbed army officer, runs through his inheritance in the years following the war and then takes up the job of a footman in the country-house of Lady Susan. Though he learns the ropes quickly from the butler Martin, he is non-plussed when Lady Susan throws a party and among the guests are … Continue reading Three Mysteries by Anthony Berkeley
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