The Cornish Coast Murder (British Library Crime Classics)
‘Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature – himself in one arm-chair, a police officer in another, and between them – a mystery.’ The Reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside – but heaven forbid
‘Never, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature – himself in one arm-chair, a police officer in another, and between them – a mystery.’ The Reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside – but heaven forbid that the shadow of any real crime should ever fall across his seaside parish. But the vicar’s peace is shattered one stormy night when Julius Tregarthan, a secretive and ill-tempered magistrate, is found at his house in Boscawen with a bullet through his head. The local police inspector is baffled by the complete absence of clues., Suspicion seems to fall on Tregarthan’s niece, Ruth – but surely that young woman lacks the motive to shoot her uncle dead in cold blood? Luckily for Inspector Bigswell, the Reverend Dodd is on hand, and ready to put his keen understanding of the criminal mind to the test. This classic mystery novel of the golden age of British crime fiction is set against the vividly described backdrop of a fishing village on Cornwall’s Atlantic coast . It is now republished for the first time since the 1930s.
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A forgotten gem It was a treat to discover this forgotten mystery from the 1930s. It’s a well-crafted story with a strong sense of pre-war Cornish atmosphere. There are some aspects here that I preferred to more well-known crime novels from this period: servants and working people are treated AS people and not like stereotyped buffoons, as is all too common in more snobbish novels from the period. Some of the so-called “greats” (Christie, Sayers) lack the humanity towards the lower classes evident…
The Cornish Coast Murder This is a charming mystery, first published in 1935, and was the crime writing debut of Ernest Carpenter Elmore (who chose âJohn Budeâ as his pseudonym). The book begins with two friends; the Reverend Dodd, Vicar of St Michaelâs-on-the-Cliff and Dr Pendrill. The two meet up weekly for dinner and to share their love of detective fiction, both enjoy attempting to solve the fictional mysteries they read. However, on a stormy night, their evening is interrupted by Ruth Tregarthan, who calls to…
Rather convoluted murder plot which ‘got there’ in the end. The age of this book is shown in the vocabulary used and the excellence of John Bude’s use of English. We are introduced to the story through central characters the Reverend Dodd and his friend the local doctor. Next we hear of the murder and meet the Policemen who conduct the investigation and we get to know a little about the main suspects. The plot develops, seemingly as an ‘open and shut’ case, until the deep thinking Reverend makes his contribution to solving the crime. Quite a number…