I’ve never gotten into reading whodunits, but I get a kick out of the series versions on PBS like Hercule Perot and lately, Murder in Paradise. Much earlier there was Morse, Dalglish, Doctor Blake Mysteries, and several others.
If the culprit is revealed on the last page, where is the conclusion of the story? The winding down of the action AFTER the climax? Unless a character says at the very end, “I still can’t believe so-and-so did it.”
nicka93 about 2 years ago
It ruins the game, of figuring out who it is with the clues given before the book is half over with.
theincrediblebulk about 2 years ago
I am really good a solving mysteries while reading them. Whoever I deduce is guilty is the next murder victim.
jagedlo about 2 years ago
By doing that Broomie, are you a member of the “Murder Book of the Day” Club?
Zebrastripes about 2 years ago
Why bother….
preacherman about 2 years ago
I’ve never gotten into reading whodunits, but I get a kick out of the series versions on PBS like Hercule Perot and lately, Murder in Paradise. Much earlier there was Morse, Dalglish, Doctor Blake Mysteries, and several others.
rrcce about 2 years ago
Columbo
Jeeper Premium Member about 2 years ago
Ha, I can now tell my kids that I am not the only one that reads the ending first! Yes, I also look up movies endings as well.
Sisyphos about 2 years ago
If you read it slowly, and I kinda sorta think you do, a 300-page mystery shouldn’t upset the Old Nervous System, Broomie.
Maybe you are just a lazy reader….
Taracinablue about 2 years ago
If the culprit is revealed on the last page, where is the conclusion of the story? The winding down of the action AFTER the climax? Unless a character says at the very end, “I still can’t believe so-and-so did it.”