Green Shiver

Theocritus Lucius Westborough #10

by Clyde B. Clason

First published in 1941, this is the last book to feature Prof. Theoritus Lucious Westborough, a scholar specializing in Roman history. It's another locked room case involving rare jade.

Genres: Mystery

190 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1941

About the author

Clyde B. Clason was an American writer. He worked in advertising as a copywriter and editor. His main series detective is Theocritus Lucius Westborough. Clason was a locked room mystery fan. He specialises in trying to baffle the reader with intricate and elaborate plots.

Reviews

[Leslie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*
Quite good variation on the 'locked room' mystery. I might have liked it slightly better if I had read some of the other books in the series first - I hadn't realized that this was the last in the Westborough series until I started it.

The parts about China & jade were very interesting!

[Ron Kerrigan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Two and a half stars: A languid Golden Age tale that left me unimpressed. I found the facts about jade and the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930's more interesting than the crime or its solution. And although the character of Dr. Westborough doesn't, many characters (especially the police) make cringe-worthy references to non-Caucasians in the story. Probably reflected the times, but still...

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the last of the erudite Clyde Clason mysteries. He stopped writing during WWII and then flet that the reading audience's taste had shifted to more the more noir aspects of the genre such as the Mickey Spillane sort of PI.

I always came away from one of his books having gained a bit of historical knowledge as wll as some entertainment.