The story moves along quickly, dialogue between the characters lends well to the pace. The chapters of the book are short making the progress of the story easy to read. There are a lot of misspellings in this version of the book.

It’s coolly😭

Gotta love the classics.

This early mystery is a historical document of life in Melbourne at the end of the 19th century. Gorby, the detective who opens the novel disappears one third of the way in the text. There’s humor and a few red herrings. Great book.

So glad I read this story, it was worth it. Very interesting, period in history and the early days of Australia- I knew nothing about this author but mystery from authors of past are always welcome in my book lists!

Considering the time of writing, I thought it was quite good.

I truly enjoyed the intrigue and twists and turns in the well thought out story. A page turner.

The plot was great but there was too much unnecessary narrative.

Excellent murder mystery

It seemed real. I couldn’t put it down.