Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Golden Age (34) : The Man Who Didn't Fly

This is an interesting mystery by Margot Bennett. Four men take a plane over to Ireland but when it crashes in the sea (after what seem to be an explosion) only three were aboard. Suspicion thus falls on the fourth man, the one who didn't fly. The problem is working out who it is.

The police go through the last few days before the accident, re-tracing the steps of the four individuals trying to find any clues... 

The problem is it all becomes a bit over complicated, rambling and dull. After the umpteenth lengthly monologue by a fairly one dimensional character you do tend to lose track of what the book is actually about. The premise is great, the execution lets it down quite a bit unfortunately. The final police reasoning and logical investigation at the end does save things a bit, but only a bit.