The Morning After Death

A dull slough. Blake doesn't seem to like anybody except the wife of the president, and he does show warmth for the idea of undergraduates. Nothing much happens, at least that you would notice, until the last 20 pages when the narrative suddenly explodes like a Roman rocket and everything happens. Ends by a body of water as all good gothics must.

The mystery is ok. One of three brothers is murdered, and his corpse hidden. Plenty of red herrings and a couple of twists. The academic setting, a small college In Massachusetts, is a real plus for this reader.

However. The solution is trite, and an experienced mystery reader will spot the culprit very quickly. Strangeways behaves as if he were note character we’ve known over many books.

I really didn’t like this one.

However.