Mystery in Red, by Sidney Williams (paperback)
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This fine "Golden Age" mystery novel with a New England setting features bootlggers—and murder. Introduction by John Betancourt.
In totalling the list of attractions which combine to present a first class show of its kind, we may cite conspicuously: One murder, two abductions, two rapid-fire love affairs, intrigue, and mystification, all materializing with an adroit swiftness which keeps one constantly, if blindly, on the alert for what will happen next. And not the least agreeable feature of the whole lies in Mr. Williams’s style which, for a novel of this sort, is singularly readable and cultivated. If there must be mystery stories (we are one who owns to a secret weakness for them), their quality could be immeasurably bettered were less creditable workers in the field to study Mr. Williams’s prose as a guide to the mastery of pure and yet intensely vital diction.
—The Saturday Review
Bootleggers spoil a holiday, and their punishment provides numerous thrills.
—The Bookman
