The Haunted Lady

Rating:
Summary: Disjointed but entertaining
Review: All in all I enjoyed the book. I was suprised that so late in the book the crimes happened. The detecting part of the story seemed more disjointed than the set up of the crimes. For a book published originally in 1942, I found the characters and plot rather modern. There are of course some pieces that show the book's age but I don't want to ramble on and risk giving away spoilers.

Rating:
Summary: Not as good as I expected
Review: I don't want to give away any key plot points, so I'll just say that I felt that Nurse Hilda Adams (aka Miss Pinkerton) did an awfully slow job of analyzing the evidence presented to her. I really expected a much tighter mystery, or at least more compelling writing. This novel read more like something tossed together to meet a deadline or satisfy a nagging publisher. I would actually give this book 2 1/2 stars, not three.

Rating:
Summary: Not as good as I expected
Review: I don't want to give away any key plot points, so I'll just say that I felt that Nurse Hilda Adams (aka Miss Pinkerton) did an awfully slow job of analyzing the evidence presented to her. I really expected a much tighter mystery, or at least more compelling writing. This novel read more like something tossed together to meet a deadline or satisfy a nagging publisher. I would actually give this book 2 1/2 stars, not three.