Nine Times Nine

I was attracted to this book because it said that it contained a “locked room mystery” which sounded interesting and I had participated in a “locked room” mystery party once and found it fun. I liked some of the story but I found that parts of it were very hard to follow. I believe part of the problem may have been due to the fact that the book was written 81 years ago, (1940). Neither the police nor Sister Ursula had any of the conveniences available at that period to help the reader solve the crime. I couldn’t even think in terms of what was available then. I also found that I was liking the characters less and less and had almost no patience with them I read on. The mystery was worked out in the end… but not by me. I’m show more giving the book a 3 but I’m sure that it was more me than it was the story that lost it a higher rating. show less