Thu 5 Aug 2010
Reviewed by William F. Deeck: E. LOUISE CUSHING – Murder Without Regret.
Posted by Steve under Authors , Bibliographies, Lists & Checklists , Crime Fiction IV , Reviews[2] Comments
William F. Deeck
E. LOUISE CUSHING – Murder Without Regret. Arcadia House, hardcover, 1954.
During a party after the reading of a will, one of the guests presumably commits suicide. Barbara Hillier finds the corpse and aids Inspector MacKay of the Montreal police in the investigation of an undoubted murder later.
Striving as always to say something good about any novel, I can report that this one has very large type and a great deal of space between the lines. Thus, it’s only about a 30-minute waste of time.
Bibliographic Data: [Taken from the Revised Crime Fiction IV, by Allen J. Hubin.]
CUSHING, E. LOUISE. Pseudonym of Mabel Louise Dawson. Inspector Richard MacKay appears in all four books below.
Murder’s No Picnic (n.) Arcadia House, 1953.
Murder Without Regret (n.) Arcadia House, 1954.
Blood on My Rug (n.) Arcadia House, 1956.
The Unexpected Corpse (n.) Arcadia House, 1957.
August 6th, 2010 at 2:10 am
I had never heard of this author. Perhaps this is just as well?
August 6th, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Well, I wish I knew for sure. It’s too bad we can’t ask Bill what he found so lacking in this book. Usually he says a lot more, good, bad or indifferent.
I’d almost decided to delete this review, but after conferring with David Vineyard about it this evening, I’ve decided to let it stand.
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know Bill’s taste in mystery fiction, and as David points out, neither the author or her books are well known, and the review might still generate some interest in her books.
I know the chances are slim, but if anyone happens to have read this book — or any of the other three — let us know about it, and maybe some the gaps that Bill left us can be filled in.
— Steve