![]() ![]() Praised by saying it "transcends th e genre"? It is a porous form indeed if it can stretch from Charlie Chan to "Crime and Punishment," and can include among its practitionersĪuthors as various as Mickey Spillane and the stately Baroness James of Holland Park. How useful can our definition of the murder mystery be if every well-written instance must be Those who admire the book are likely to say it is "more than a mystery," but this fine novel needs no such excuses. It is a complex, compelling novel with a murder investigationįor a plot. James, "Original Sin," is a portrait of Peverell Press, a venerable London publisher situated in Innocent House, a mock Venetian palace on the bank of the Thames. The New York Times: Book Review Search ArticleĪpril 2, 1995, Sunday, Late Edition - Final ![]()
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