A Knife for Harry Dodd by George Bellairs

This book is still up for requesting as of 26/5/2019

I am adding this my part in the #BritishCrimeClassicsChallenge, you will find the rest of the titles on the page.

This is my first complete book by the author, I say complete because there was another book I received online which did not have any republishing date and therefore no hurry to read. I will get to it eventually but after reading this one, it might be sooner than I originally thought.

There are many classes or kinds of detective stories and I am not going to try and classify them all but I will describe which this particular book falls under. We walk the line along with the lead investigators, seeing what they see and are only allowed to (probably) see a little bit further down the line till the culprit is unmasked and then the tale still continues, in order to wrap the story up as well as the apprehension of the culprit. There is no tricking of the villains into revealing their doings but careful piecing of the puzzle by everyone as a team and sometimes a sleight of hand (on only a few occasions). Harry Dodd was knifed and subsequently died of the injury. He is a man of many faces. Each person, from varied parts of his life, indicate a whole different person and it hard to figure which of those descriptions can be actually added to the entire puzzle. There is subtle humour sprinkled about the tale, nothing extravagant but enough to get a feel for the investigative duo, Inspector Littlejohn and Cromwell. It was a pretty solid tale which could have been shorter but considering the time of its original publication, the length is to be expected. This story is not for anyone in a hurry, especially to pin their accusations correctly on any one person since the extended family, friends, and acquaintances are all under scrutiny to figure out who killed Harry Dodd.

I was invited to review this title by the publishers but this has not impacted my review in any way which is completely based on my reading experience.