The Last Detective See Trent's Last Case Details
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This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
Trent's Last Case Reviews
The Last Detective : Trent's Last Case Reviews
| 15 of 15 people found the following review helpful  Beware the Kessinger Publishing edition!, By This review is from: Trent's Last Case (Paperback) This is a wonderful story -- I highly recommend it. HOWEVER, beware of the edition published by Kessinger. It is apparently an unedited, unproofread and minimally (if at all) formatted direct printout of the open source copy available on Gutenberg.org. (This was verified by comparing the typos in the two versions. They're identical.) It appears that what this outfit does is downloads/copies/cuts-and-pastes the text file, converts it to a proportional font, and prints it as is. Superficially, the result looks respectable enough, until you start to read the thing. First, there's the book's odd format -- 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches -- about the size and shape of, say, your child's math workbook. It's awkward to handle and the simple mechanics of reading becomes an unpleasant chore. The text is properly single spaced, however there's a double space between each paragraph. This brings the eye up short and makes your brain involuntarily expect some sort of climax.At the end of each... Read more 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful  Good, old-fashioned mystery, By This review is from: Trent's Last Case (Oxford Popular Fiction) (Paperback) This is a wonderful, old-fashioned book, where the language is complex and clever, and honorable people recognize other people of honor at a glance. The plausible (and implausible) explanations of the mystery are intriguing. It's a lot of fun! 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful  One of the best., By A Customer This review is from: Trent's Last Case (Oxford Popular Fiction) (Paperback) A stupendous mystery; one of the best I have ever read. Fans of Christie or Chesterton will thoroughly enjoy it. To say more might give something away, so I will not. |
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