Exit the Skeleton

Roger Bennion #23

by Herbert Adams

Exit the Skeleton is the twenty first novel in the Roger Bennion series, by Herbert Adams.
After the kidnapping of the baby son of Sir Lionel Crandon, Roger Bennion, recently returned with his wife from New Zealand after a personal tragedy, is asked by friends to investigate. Cosy realist mystery essentials combine with some thriller elements as Bennion and his helpers brave danger to solve the mystery.

184 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1952

About the author

Herbert Adams (1874–1958) was an English writer of fifty 'cosy' mystery novels, mostly featuring the detective Roger Bennion, which were often set in or around golfing competitions. He also wrote short stories, humorous verse and two other mystery novels under the pseudonym Jonathan Gray.

Reviews

[Lisa Kucharski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would say 3.5 stars. It's a complicated mystery or mysteries going on here. And I sensed this author was born before the Golden Age of Mystery and was correct. 1974-1958. This was 1952 but felt it earlier in time, due to more formal social interactions. However, the mystery is told through various people's eyes and situations. So that you really do get to try and figure out things with the - well, everyone who is trying to figure things out.

There's a lot of love interest in this story which again, not atypical for mysteries. Am very curious to read earlier works by this author, also I like the main "gentleman detective" Roger Benion.