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The Man in Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart 9781117609553 Books
I had forgotten how well Mary Roberts Rhinehart puts her mysteries together. The opening page pulls you in and sets the flow. The Era she is writing in is Downton Abbey's time frame of plastic collars and alligator suitcases. The Women are Ladies even if they are scheming and old fashioned words are thrown around like "cur." Still there is a forgotten mystique about the authors who wrote and wove these tales and a charm.This story, set in another Era, also gives a wonderful, social history lesson. I can spend hours just listening to the slang, savoring the descriptions of costume. As I am a train aficionado I also loved the descriptions, both lurid and inconvenient of actual train trips during this murder mystery. There was also a particularly amusing description of a horse and buggy ride. But I will let you discover that for yourself.
When you read this... go into it with the enjoyment of a student in a strange land. Small details and the larger plot are both here and a cast of amusing and somewhat villainous characters. Personally I enjoyed the housekeeper very much as well as several of the side characters. But in the end... the mystery stands on good writing and from her time- frame Rhinehart was one of the best.
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The Man in Lower Ten Mary Roberts Rinehart 9781117609553 Books Reviews
Novels of certain eras really love to have all of their characters impossibly connected, and this is one of them. It's just one unrealistic coincidence after another. For me, a few ridiculous connections in a novel are quaint, this many were annoying. Every character (including minor ones like a maid) have connections to multiple characters.
For instance, the maid mentioned works for one of the suspects but also has an aunt working for the family of our hero's love interest. If that sounds confusing, it's because it is. It's like piecing together an incestuous family tree ("so he is the uncle, but also the brother?"). And why did Rinehart even feel the need to include such minute and silly details?
It isn't just social and familial coincidences, though, the plot is full of them too. The murder is somehow simultaneous with two frauds (one related to the murder and one not), crimes of passion (again one related and one not), a silly musical chairs-type confluence of events, improbable actions by the criminals, AND a literal train wreck. ....SPOILER ALERT..... (((Then the ONLY survivors are ALL the people involved in the crime! Ugh.......))))
I didn't care for the love story, again because of too many silly coincidences, but also because there is a bit of damsel in distress to it, and because I don't really care for the girl. She has information in a murder investigation that could help keep the hero out of jail and hides it because it's a little embarrassing. She seems to fall for every guy (and gets proposed to by ALL men *eyeroll*), and is loved and adored by all, but we are never given any reason for this other than she is pretty.
However, the main character is generally likeable (even though he betrays his best friend), and there are several funny bits and witty dialogue.
Another great mystery by Mary Roberts Rinehart. An attorney takes forged bank notes, from Washington to Pittsburgh, to a client to identify for an upcoming trial. Since the story was written at the beginning of the twentieth century crime detection wasn't what it is today. The notes were stolen during the night, and a man in one of the berths was murdered. Shortly after the murder was discovered the train was involved in a terrible wreck. Lawrence Blakely, the attorney and hero of the story, is the primary suspect. There are a number of possible suspects, and lots of confusing events take place while he and his best friend, aided by an amateur detective, try to recover the evidence and identify the killer.
This is a great mystery with lots of action. It keeps the reader guessing to the end. I highly recommend this book as well as any of her others.
Lawrence Blakeley is a modestly successful young lawyer, happily in business with his best friend. At thirty years old, he's never been in danger of marrying, never been involved in a disaster and never been in trouble with the law. All that is about to change when he boards the Pullman coach for Pittsfield with his satchel full of important papers.
This mystery was first published in 1909 and is full of vintage charm. The sense of being with Blakeley in that Pullman car is very strong. We experience his restless inability to sleep, the tightness of his berth, the grumbling and snoring of the other passengers, the infinite patience of the porter and, shockingly - but please read the book to see what happens!
(Lower ten, by the way, refers to the lower berth in a Pullman car, in case you didn't know. I didn't.)
The plot is so good, so convoluted, so full of surprises, that I won't say a word about it. The reader can look forward to a murder (naturally), a crush of misleading circumstantial evidence and tons of confusing clues. The cast of characters includes attractive and troubled women, an amateur detective who gets things wrong, policemen who also get things wrong and Blakeley's cranky elderly housekeeper who strongly disapproves of all these goings-on.
There's lots of very funny dialog. Blakely's friends like to tease him about his legendary indifference to women. And the young lawyer's troubles, though alarming enough, have their amusing aspects.
In her prime Mary Roberts Rinehart was even more famous than Agatha Christie. She's a clever weaver of mindboggling plots and mixes terror, humor and romance with a sure hand. I always enjoy her books, but The Man in Lower Ten has become one of my favorites. Contemporary readers shared my admiration. This mystery was the first American detective story to become a bestseller.
I had forgotten how well Mary Roberts Rhinehart puts her mysteries together. The opening page pulls you in and sets the flow. The Era she is writing in is Downton Abbey's time frame of plastic collars and alligator suitcases. The Women are Ladies even if they are scheming and old fashioned words are thrown around like "cur." Still there is a forgotten mystique about the authors who wrote and wove these tales and a charm.
This story, set in another Era, also gives a wonderful, social history lesson. I can spend hours just listening to the slang, savoring the descriptions of costume. As I am a train aficionado I also loved the descriptions, both lurid and inconvenient of actual train trips during this murder mystery. There was also a particularly amusing description of a horse and buggy ride. But I will let you discover that for yourself.
When you read this... go into it with the enjoyment of a student in a strange land. Small details and the larger plot are both here and a cast of amusing and somewhat villainous characters. Personally I enjoyed the housekeeper very much as well as several of the side characters. But in the end... the mystery stands on good writing and from her time- frame Rhinehart was one of the best.
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