The Magpie Murders (original Work of the British Tv Series of the Same Name)
About This Novel
The British drama of the same name will be broadcast on February 10, 2022. Unprecedented, it swept across Japan's five major mystery lists, ranking No. 1 In all of them with an absolute advantage. When editor Susan Ryland got a first draft of Alan Conway's latest novel, she could never have imagined that it would be unlike any of his other works. After years of working with the best-selling crime author, she knew his detective Atticus Pound inside out. Pound solved many mysteries surrounding English villages. An homage to classic British detective novels such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Conway's traditional writing style is a huge success; while Susan must continue to put up with his annoying behavior in order to keep her job. In Conway's new novel, Atticus Pound arrives at Pye House, a country estate, to investigate a murder. Yes, there are dead bodies and plenty of suspects with their own agendas. But as she read more, Susan became more and more convinced that there was another story hidden behind the manuscript: a true story of jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition, and murder.
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Official(6)Scraped 8d ago
Unoriginal and boring
In the book, the relationship between the two stories is actually not very deep, and any one story can be separated into a separate book. The Magpie Murders is more like a package, with a passable story (Pound's conclusion) and a third-rate story (the editor's conclusion). In both stories, the author used too many red herring techniques, which made the readers tired. It also showed that the author tried to cover up the fact that the case itself was not clever enough, and could only rely on too many illusions to increase the complexity of the case. Moreover, there are a lot of omniscient perspectives in Pound's cases, which are really not suitable for detective novels.
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Hard to describe in one word
It's all foreshadowing, and the pace is a bit slow. Although it is a two-line narrative, it feels like there is little connection between reality and the murderer in the book. The reasoning behind it is okay
It's so beautiful (♥∀♥), it shocked me. It's a book, a case within a case.
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Official(6)Scraped 8d ago
Unoriginal and boring
In the book, the relationship between the two stories is actually not very deep, and any one story can be separated into a separate book. The Magpie Murders is more like a package, with a passable story (Pound's conclusion) and a third-rate story (the editor's conclusion). In both stories, the author used too many red herring techniques, which made the readers tired. It also showed that the author tried to cover up the fact that the case itself was not clever enough, and could only rely on too many illusions to increase the complexity of the case. Moreover, there are a lot of omniscient perspectives in Pound's cases, which are really not suitable for detective novels.
Check in every day
Check in every day😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝
Check in, check in, check in
Check in, check in, check in, check in, check in
Hard to describe in one word
It's all foreshadowing, and the pace is a bit slow. Although it is a two-line narrative, it feels like there is little connection between reality and the murderer in the book. The reasoning behind it is okay
It's so beautiful (♥∀♥), it shocked me. It's a book, a case within a case.
