A frustrating late piece of #CrimeFiction from J J Connington which could have been so much better #amreading

A review of The Four Defences by J J Connington – 230310 It is a while since I have read anything by J J Connington, the nom de plume of Alfred Stewart, the distinguished chemistry professor. Originally published in 1940, The Four Defences is one of his later works and is based, loosely, on a famous real life from 1930, the Alfred Rouse case where a burning car tragedy proved to be something…

Superintendent Ross' second and last investigation in this piece of #CrimeFiction from #JJConnington originally published in 1930 #amreading

A review of The Two Tickets Puzzle by J J Connington Connington, the nom de plume of chemistry professor, Alfred Stewart, took the bold step of “retiring” his normal police sleuth, Sir Clinton Driffield, in 1929 and his next two books featured Superintendent Ross, an altogether different character. The Two Tickets Puzzle, originally published in 1930, is the second and last of the short-lived…

A camera obscura helps Superintendent Ross solve this piece of #CrimeFiction from J J Connington #amreading

A review of The Eye in the Museum by J J Connington The bane of the modern criminal’s life is the ubiquitous eye of the CCTV system. The Eye of the Museum, originally published in 1929, features an early version, the camera obscura, which takes pride of place at the top of the Struan Museum, a little visited collection of bizarre objects including a glass eye, which is the pride and joy of the…