J. J. Connington (1880–1947)
Author of Nordenholt's Million
About the Author
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Works by J. J. Connington
Associated Works
The Edinburgh Mystery: And Other Tales of Scottish Crime (2022) — Contributor — 77 copies, 5 reviews
Bodies from the Library 5: Forgotten Stories of Mystery and Suspense from the Golden Age of Detection (2022) — Contributor — 34 copies, 1 review
Menace of the Machine: The Rise of AI in Classic Science Fiction (British Library Science Fiction Classics) (2019) — Contributor — 33 copies, 1 review
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- Canonical name
- Connington, J. J.
- Legal name
- Stewart, Alfred Walter
- Birthdate
- 1880-09-05
- Date of death
- 1947-07-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Place of death
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Education
- University of Glasgow
- Occupations
- chemist
part-time novelist
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Reviews
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Statistics
- Works
- 34
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 485
- Popularity
- #50,913
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 92
- Languages
- 4
- Favorited
- 1
At the large country house there’s a maze with two centers (I’m still trying to figure that one out). Twin brother, one a barrister and the other an unscrupulous business man, are murdered in the maze centers. I found that part of the plot a little tricky and weird.
The police, in the person of the Chief Constable, begin the investigation of an original and clever double murder, but the twists and turns take a while to unravel.
I enjoyed Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield as the investigator; he’s persevering and not afraid to be creative in his attempts to catch a criminal.
The ending of the book is satisfying to the reader but completely implausible. I’d recommend it to Golden Age Mystery lovers, with the caveat that there’s some nonspecific talk of vivisection. The only animal harmed in the story is a guinea pig who dies instantaneously.… (more)