![]() ![]() Hercules his accent and his fastidiousness. He is a bumbling elderly gent clearly aimed at the Miss Marple / Hercules Poirot market for interfering souls who have somehow wormed their way into the affection of Scotland Yard.Įvery private detective needs his trademark. Unlike Holmes however, far from indulging in illicit drugs and aspiring to be a virtuoso violinist, his other pastime is the reading of romantic fiction. Mordecai Tremaine is a hobbyist criminologist, a bit of a Sherlock if you will. Moulin d'Or is the district in the north west of the unnamed Channel Isle to which our hero has been invited by some friends of less than a year's standing: an unlikely start in itself. ![]() According to the blurb the island of Moulin d'Or seems to be just the destination – except the island isn't called that. Mordecai Tremaine is in need of a holiday. The naïve style doesn’t well serve a convoluted plot and I struggle to warm to Tremaine. Summary: Mordecai Tremaine’s Channel Island murder mystery is a typical amateur detective story of the early post-war years, but sadly not a hidden gem. ![]()
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