Status Updates From Black Plumes

Ah darn, it hit a bumpy Not Aged Well part that is hard to take. These old books can be...offensive very suddenly, can't they? Okay, well, other than that, it has been a terrific whodunit. Let's just see if it can keep itself out of trouble, the rest of the way.

So this is competing very well with the Mystery I just read and fell in love with, He Wouldn’t Kill Patience. I’ve gone from a book set at a zoo with problems, to a book concerned with an art gallery in a bit of a mess (though, so far, we’re not setting actual scenes there, much). That was deliberate; as I try to pair John Dickson Carr novels off with rivals, I like some similarities, and same decade is preferred.