JAMES ANDERSON – The Affair of the Mutilated Mink Coat.Inspector Wilkins #2. Avon, paperback original; 1st printing, October 1981. Poisoned Pen Press, softcover, 1999

   A house party at Alderly, and all of the guests are either uninvited or there under false pretenses, or so it seems, and murder is inevitable. A classical 1930s British mystery with more dovetailed plot than anyone could hope for, all tied up with a witty twist.

   The humor is not forced, but understated, and is all the more obvious for it, Maybe the English do this best, The job done by a top detective called in from Scotland Yard, a great mind and s smug condescending man, is one not easily forgotten. A pure delight.