Golden Age (29) : The Murder of my Aunt

This novel by Richard Hull is a rather unusual example of a Golden Age novel. It is a darkly humourous tale of a rather hapless and wasteful young man called Edward who lives with his Aunt in Wales. He desperately wants to live the good life in the big city but needs the money from his Aunt to exist and she does not approve (Edward of course is unable to earn his own living!)

He decides he must kill his Aunt so he can get his hands on her money. He then begins a series of well thought out but ultimately doomed attempts to kill his Aunt. Unfortunately for Edward he isn't half as clever as he thinks he is...

An enjoyable story, if rather odd. It also has a rather interesting twist. Edward is such an awful character it is hard to warm up to him though in the end many things become clearer.