Murder in the Maze

A Golden Age mystery focusing almost solely on the detection of the crime, Murder in the Maze starts really slowly, and remains pretty slow for about a quarter of the book. Then the pacing picks up, with more murder attempts, a side plot, and some rather unorthodox police methods.
At the large country house there’s a maze with two centers (I’m still trying to figure that one out). Twin brother, one a barrister and the other an unscrupulous business man, are murdered in the maze centers. I found that part of the plot a little tricky and weird.
The police, in the person of the Chief Constable, begin the investigation of an original and clever double murder, but the twists and turns take a while to unravel.
I enjoyed Chief Constable Sir show more Clinton Driffield as the investigator; he’s persevering and not afraid to be creative in his attempts to catch a criminal.
The ending of the book is satisfying to the reader but completely implausible. I’d recommend it to Golden Age Mystery lovers, with the caveat that there’s some nonspecific talk of vivisection. The only animal harmed in the story is a guinea pig who dies instantaneously. show less