Review
The First Anty Boisjoly Mystery
Anty Boisjoly has a knack for fixing things so it's no surprise when his old school chum, Fiddles Canterfell, asks him to come to Canterfell Hall when his uncle mysteriously dies. Pitting his wits against the police inspector investigating the crime, Anty looks to the servants, the family, guests, and a goat for clues to a locked room mystery...when another locked room mystery arises. Will Anty be able to deduce what really happened?
I'm not sure if THE CASE OF THE CANTERFELL CODICIL is a send up or a tribute to the golden age of detective fiction. Whatever the case, it's a very clever, extremely well plotted locked room mystery.
The first Anty Boisjoly Mystery is a cerebral puzzle full of word play. The people here are superficial and there's not much character development, but lack of depth doesn't diminish the mystery here. I enjoyed the witty banter and the setting of a manor house whose gilded edge is somewhat tarnished in 1929 England.
THE CASE OF THE CANTERFELL CODICIL gives a wink and a nod to classic manor house mysteries and is an amusing step back in time.
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