The Warrielaw Jewel (1933)

by Winifred Peck

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'Listen! I see I'd better take you into my confidence.' 'I'd rather you didn't, ' I said. Betty Morrison, a lawyer's wife, is flung into the society of an ancient Edinburgh family, the Warrielaws. There's Neil the Rip, Cora the Siren, Rhoda the Business Woman, and Alison the little Beauty - not to mention the formidable, elderly Jessica and her meek sister Mary. The family all possess unusual gold-green eyes - and harbour a precious and historic jewel, a bauble under constant threat of theft. The alarmed Betty will become a crucial witness in a case that includes mysterious disappearances of gems and people, as well as wholesale murder. The Warrielaw Jewel was originally published in 1933. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Martin Edwards.… (more)

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Very slow. Depressing in the Victorian oppressiveness of an ancient Scottish family. Not a keeper. Will give this one to Goodwill. (

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booksandscones | Sep 2, 2017 |

Thoroughly unfashionable mystery writing for the contemporary reader, flaunting a very slow, deliberate style that ambles along at a decorous gait, pausing to inspect the carpets and expatiate on the embroidery, whilst the reader mutters, "Get on with it, then!" As evidence, there is one of those quaint warnings to "STOP" at the end of Chapter 12. "THIS IS A CHALLENGE TO YOU," Ms. Peck alerts the reader, "At this point all the characters and clues have been presented. It should now be possible for you to solve the mystery." Yet there are four chapters and 69 pages to go! (

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I hope that one day Winifred Peck’s The Warrielaw Jewel is republished and honored as a member of the company of better-written, literate mysteries of the period, for it certainly deserves to be so designated.

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Peck, Winifred	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Edwards, Martin	Foreword	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Twilight had fallen and only the moonlight illuminated my drawing-room when the big door swung open.

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'Listen! I see I'd better take you into my confidence.' 'I'd rather you didn't, ' I said. Betty Morrison, a lawyer's wife, is flung into the society of an ancient Edinburgh family, the Warrielaws. There's Neil the Rip, Cora the Siren, Rhoda the Business Woman, and Alison the little Beauty - not to mention the formidable, elderly Jessica and her meek sister Mary. The family all possess unusual gold-green eyes - and harbour a precious and historic jewel, a bauble under constant threat of theft. The alarmed Betty will become a crucial witness in a case that includes mysterious disappearances of gems and people, as well as wholesale murder. The Warrielaw Jewel was originally published in 1933. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Martin Edwards.

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Betty Morrison, a lawyer’s wife, is flung into the society of an ancient Edinburgh family, the Warrielaws. There’s Neil the Rip, Cora the Siren, Rhoda the Business Woman, and Alison the little Beauty – not to mention the formidable, elderly Jessica and her meek sister Mary. The family all possess unusual gold-green eyes – and harbour a precious and historic jewel, a bauble under constant threat of theft. The alarmed Betty will become a crucial witness in a case that includes mysterious disappearances of gems and people, as well as wholesale murder.

The Warrielaw Jewel was originally published in 1933. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Martin Edwards.

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