The Cinema Murder
Title in England: The Other Romilly.
s conscious of an unexpected weakness. She abandoned her first intention of following him, and stood before the window, holding tightly to the sash. He had reached the gate now and paused for a moment, looking up the long, windy street. Then he crossed to the other side of the road, stepped over a stile and disappeared, walking without haste, with firm footsteps, along a cindered path which bordered the sluggish-looking canal. He had come and gone, and she knew what fear was!
CHAPTER II
The railway station at Detton Magna presented, if possible, an even more dreary appearance than earlier in the day, as the time drew near that night for the departure of the last train northwards. Its long strip of flinty platform was utterly deserted. Around the three flickering gas-lamps the drizzling rain fell continuously. The weary porter came yawning out of his lamp room into the booking office, where the station master sat alone, his chair turned away from the open wicket wind
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Apart from the most tenuous link, this has little to do with the cinema! What it does have is intrigue aplenty, great characters, glamorous settings and an unexpected twist.
Quite why E. Phillips Oppenheim is largely overlooked today is unclear. This is the third of his books I have read and they have all been superb.
Worth reading just for that unexpected ending!
Satisfying mystery, slightly dated but the descriptions of America of the period are fascinating to the modern reader; little bit plodding, but persevere, the twist at the end is good stuff, and watching Philip's character develop is enjoyable.
I enjoyed this novel although at times it seemed a bit wordy. A bit dated but I liked the twist at the end. One thing about it, there is usually no profanity in stories of this vintage. This is refreshing in view of the penchant for including it in more recent works.
