3/5 Stars
Philo Vance is called on by his friend, a New York district attorney, to consult on a murder case. The murders follow different Mother Goose rhymes, Cock Robin, Humpty Dumpty, Johnny Spring and Miss Moffett. The mystery has several twists and end at the end. Philo Vane reminded me of Agatha Christie's Poroit. Very little action to the storyline and lot of complex thought. The solution to the mystery involves chess, nursery rhymes, pyschology and advance math. I was totally lost as to how Vance really solved this mystery. I just didn't see a solution, even after it was revealed.
A little pet peeve of mine with this book was that I had to stop every so often and look up words in the dictionary. I couldn't figure other what they meant. I know the book was first published in the 1920's but come on! Speak plain english! I'm not sure I will be picking up any more books by this author.
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