The Abandoned Room

Description

One of the more compelling and bewildering mystery novels of the early 20th century, The Abandoned Room will surely cause you to look for suspects and culprits at every corner. Who really committed the murder? No one really knows, but as the story slowly unfolds, it certainly becomes more and more entertaining, as well as incredibly captivating.

Wadsworth Camp was known as one of the early supporters of mystery crime literature, and this novel is definitely a good example of his genius. The author creates a unique and remarkably well-woven plot, as well as a situation and an outcome that no reader can straighten out before the facts are slowly set into place like the pieces of a thrilling puzzle.

Unlike most mystery stories, however, The Abandoned Room doesn’t even tell us immediately whether or not the crime has been committed. Is the person who was allegedly murdered actually dead? Who was the real perpetrator among the many lined up suspects? And will Carlos Peredes be able to put his remarkable deductive skills to the test to solve the mysterious murder at the Cedars? The answers to these questions and many others will be revealed in due time when you read this fascinating book.

Although the story is not necessarily a simple one, Wadsworth definitely spares no effort in his attempt to make it both highly entertaining and extremely challenging. Like many writers of detective mystery stories of his time, he allows the reader to “play detective” and attempt to solve the mystery, while he also manages to paint a slowly unfolding picture of what really happened, without ruining the suspense.

This is one story you will certainly not get bored with. Despite being written almost 100 years ago, The Abandoned Room remains just as entertaining, mysterious and overall timeless, as it was considered during the time of its initial publication.
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