Curtain Call review – Anthony Quinn’s witty crime romp The new Ripper is on the loose in 30s London in this engaging murder mystery It is the summer of 1936 and actress Nina Land interrupts an attempted murder in a London hotel room. Only she and the woman being attacked have seen the murderer’s face. Nina soon realises this was not a random attack: it was the Tie-Pin Killer, the man dubbed “the new Ripper”. Unless she can help catch him, he will strike again. And now that he knows her face, what is going to stop him from coming after her? And what about the woman who ran away? How can she be found and helped? This is far from a straightforward historical crime romp. Curtain Call is a wonderfully elegant, witty and self-aware novel, peopled by beautifully drawn, droll characters worthy of a Woody Allen film (Bullets Over Bloomsbury, anyone?). I was initially concerned that it was going to be one of those novels where you wish there were a “family tree” cast of characters at the beginning to refer back to. Quinn is managing an ambitiously large cast but he does so with agility. It’s clear from the outset that there is going to be a series of interlinked plotlines which will eventually cross. It’s also clear that at some point we will meet the Tie-Pin Killer but not necessarily know who he is. Continue reading... ift.tt/1slnFvY
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 11:19:23 +0000
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