These Names Make Clues

A bit of a confusing mess of a read (in my opinion) With it's dual names, a distinct lack of MacDonald and a clumsy plot all add up to my least favourite Lorac.......more

3.5 stars - a whodunnit involving a murder at a treasure hunt in a London House, some fine word play and a bit of sleuthing by Inspector McDonald. It’s a fine and almost Christie-ish set up (think Cards on the table or Dead Man’s Folly) but sadly not quite as well executed. As always, I love ECR’s w......more

This mystery was a slow starter, but it gets more and more complex and interesting as it goes along. I’m a big Chief Inspector Macdonald fan. We get a little less of him in this novel than in the other two I’ve read but the characters we follow when we’re not with him are lots of fun. I particularly......more

It helps to have a good memory for detail (or a notepad) when reading this intricate mystery. There are many, many suspects, and most of them have two different names! I read it in paperback, which made it easy to refer to the name concordance, which I did often. Lorac’s regular detective, Chief Insp......more