3.5
The Cape Cod Mystery: An Asey Mayo Mystery
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When a famous author turns up dead, it's up to Asey Mayo to find the killer. First in the series.
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3.5
“I actually liked all the supporting characters as well as the narrator much more than I liked Asey Mayo.”
“The first Asey Mayo mystery. The mystery is a three-star, over-complicated puzzle, but very competently told. I actually couldn’t believe this novel was from 1931, it felt timeless in spite of some dated expressions and opinions. However, what really makes the book and makes this a four-star read is the funny sleuthing by hay-seed handyman Mayo and our fifty-year old “spinster maid” Snoodles. I loved the setting and details - the grocery clerk/sometime sheriff putting our millionaire hero first in the theatre pillory, then in an empty box car since there is no jail on Cape Cod, is a favorite.
Asey Mayo was billed as a Sherlock Holmes, but I can’t really see that. He’s much more a cross between Huckleberry Finn and Miss Marple with a few Sherlock touches. At times he comes across as slightly ridiculous, but he’s a very compelling character. And Snoodles (“Miss Prue”) is his very smart, non-spinstery sidekick.
Well worthy of its multiple reprints!”
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