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Lists with This Book. But it is not only a top-class and ingenious whodunnit, it is also a superb study of human motivation, a clever and unobtrusive comment on society, and the very best example of watertight craftsmanship. It's a shame that Snow didn't write more mysteries. This is a terrific example of the Golden Age whodunnit. Kept me guessing till the very end. The plot of Death Under Sail seems very simple.
A small party of friends--five men and two women--plan to spend two weeks sailing on a small boat. Even though they are friends, the boat is small enough that there is danger that they might get on each others nerves.
It winds up that this is not the only danger--for before the close quarters have a chance to work on their temperaments, their host, Roger Mills, is murdered while steering the boat--discovered with a bullet through the heart and a jovial smile on his face. How was this possible? And how could it have happened in such a small, restricted space? Mills had many enemies, but he had no thought that one of them would be among his guests. Who among this decent, educated, and charming group of people had a motive for such violence?
The boat is brought to land and two detectives soon enter the scene--the suave civil servant and amateur detective Finbow and his counter-part Detective-Sergeant Aloysius Birrell. What follows is a delightful investigation of "civilized" murder. Written in , Death Under Sail is another fine example of the witty and genteel Golden Age mystery.
We have the closed setting small boat in the middle of a waterway , limited suspects, the refined and gentlemanly amateur detective, and the policeman who needs the amateur to show him the way. Finbow is a delight all by himself. I am, in addition to being a vintage mystery addict, a collector of quotations. I have several pages devoted to Finbow's bon mots--clever little bits on everything from detection itself to human nature.
Finbow's thoughts on human nature stem from his interest in psychology and it is psychology that he uses to solve the mystery.
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I used to be a real fan of CP Snow, many years ago. I have several of his books, mostly picked up second hand. I spied this on my bookshelf a week or so ago, and thought I'd re-read it. Not being a fan of crime fiction, I'm not sure why I bothered. Maybe I once was a fan of the genre. I found it not particularly intriguing, although some of the characters are interesting.
Not to be recommended - a biased view. I think this one will be going back to the Lifeline Book Fair this year. Sep 22, Nancy rated it did not like it. A completely preprosterous plot nobody on a SMALL boat hears a gunshot with not enough good writing or characterization to make up for it.
Unfortunately, the type of psychology he uses is based on totally unproven stereotypic beliefs regarding gender, age, occupation and, above all else, social class. In Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. We have the closed setting small boat in the middle of a waterway , limited suspects, the refined and gentlemanly amateur detective, and the policeman who needs the amateur to show him the way. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1. In other words, it flunks the test of time. Show 0 new item s.
May 05, David G. Quite a chain of recommendations! I have seen Time of Hope by C. Snow from the Strangers and Brothers series lying around at my parent's home. I haven't read it yet but I am curious about it. I didn't know Snow had written detective stories.
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