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"Bishop William Mallory from Australia comes to Mason for help with an inheritance problem. He claims that the wealthy Renwold C. Brownley had years ago sabotaged his son's marriage and driven his wife, Julia Branner, to give her baby girl up for adoption. After his son died, the grandfather started hunting for his lost grand-daughter and the detective agencies he hired have now brought a young woman who claims to be the long lost heir. Julia claims that the woman is a fake. Mason takes the case, but suspects the Bishop is a fake, because he stutters.
Mason has the Bishop followed. The Bishop gets attacked in his hotel room and disappears while he is boarding a ship. While Mason is trying to take two and two and make a four, the wealthy grand-father is murdered, and all the fingers point to Julia. Julia turns to Mason for help.
Mason is left trying to convince himself that his client is innocent, with more than one mystery to solve, about the disappearing bishop, the fake daughter and the dead grandfather. This novel contains more focus on the events than on the courtroom scenes, so if you are looking for exciting legal dialogues, this one might disappoint you. The mystery by itself is very well crafted. "
Ashwita, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 10%
Tone of story
- very upbeat
How difficult to spot villain?
- Very difficult--no foreshadowing/clues
Time/era of story:
- 1930's-1950's
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 40%
Special suspect?
- relative
Murder of certain profession?
- businessmen
Kind of investigator
- hard boiled/private eye
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
- inheritance struggle
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much violence does he/she use?
- none
Ethnicity/Race
- White/American
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
Motive of antagonist
- money/treasure
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
How many deaths?
- 2
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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