A take on the science fiction writers of the time (1941), this book has many thinly veiled references to writers in that genre. They are all working hard to make money by writing as many words as possible and all of them have a great dislike for Hilary Foulkes. Hilary isn't even a writer, he's just the executor of his father's estate. But that estate is vast and Hilary has the power to stop many projects. So it's not, perhaps, surprising to mystery readers that he is getting threats against his life. But Inspector Marshall is not amused as the clues seem to be pointing to his friend, Matt Duncan.
I had heard about this book on the
Classic Mysteries podcast. The author was more complimentary than I was but he also knows more about the authors of that time.
Three stars
This book came out 1942
Borrowed as ebook from Hoopla
Opinions are my own
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