Who Killed Alfred Snowe?

Who Killed Alfred Snowe was the first JS Fletcher book I have read. As noted in at least one previous review, there are multiple characters and and several twists and turns but it kept my interest throughout. Fletcher displays a unique style in writing a mystery. It is a different style but one I enjoyed very much. I will be reading more of Fletcher's mysteries.

This was a potpourri or perhaps a pick-and-mix JS Fletcher which could have been subtitled "Reader:Choose Your Own Solution".Contained within the mix were elements to be found in most of his other works, a death in a church, the miserly uncle, provincial clergy, declining aristocrats, shady lawyers, shady lawyers clerks, iffy bankers, lonely houses, mysterious countryside, strange wills, inheritances and financial shenanigans. Missing were any references to Yorkshire, jewel theft or civic corruption. Otherwise it was all there- except for a real solution.It was almost as if , having driven us to a suitably melodramatic confrontation with some of the villains, the author decided to leave it up to the reader to put the pieces together, which is either quite an original or a very lazy way to end things.It was never dull, but it reminded me of a jumble sale where you can be lucky if you pick out the good pieces, but often you come away feeling slightly shortchanged.

Long and drawn out story which ends abruptly. The story is full of spelling mistakes and poor grammar. Too many characters that you lose the plot (literally).

I really loved the quality of this book. Nice thick pages and a good story.

Excellent reading. Very good mystery thriller.

Good story as are all JSFletcher's murder mysteries. Well worth reading. Unexpected ending.