![]() ![]() Her three novels - of which Murder Underground was the first. He seems somewhat slow and stodgy to me, but that could've been, again, because of the fact that I already knew this essential piece of information that was confusing him, and I kept waiting for him to get beyond it. Mavis Doriel Hay (1894 - 1979) was a novelist of the golden age of British crime fiction. Most of the book is narrated by the male narrator, whom I did not really think was all that great. As to narration, the book is narrated by a male and a female narrator, depending on the point of view in the book. I think it might've been a pretty decent book, if not for that. The information provided in the publisher's summary does not take place until the book is nearly over, and a good part of the book is based on people's misconceptions of something that is given away in the summary, so that instead of wondering what has happened and who is telling the truth, you are instead thinking, I know what's going on here, get on with it already. ![]() It provides some information that, while not giving away the ending, destroys most of the suspense and build up in the story. Enjoyment of this book is considerably hampered by the publishers summary. ![]()
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