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    The Search for My Great-Uncle's Head
    The Search for My Great-Uncle's Head
    The Search for My Great-Uncle's Head
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    The Search for My Great-Uncle's Head

    By Jonathan Latimer

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    In an eerie country house, a cruel old man is decapitated

    When Peter Coffin’s mysterious great-uncle Tobias summons the family to his manor in the wilds of Michigan, his aunt warns him to stay away. Peter goes anyway, arriving at the edge of the sprawling estate well after midnight. Wading through the muck in the darkness, he passes a fearsome figure on the road, and when he arrives at the front door, he is greeted by cousins bearing shotguns. An ax-murdering madman is on the loose, but just as dangerous are the creatures Peter will encounter inside the house: his family.

    When old Tobias is murdered, both his head and his will go missing. The police suspect the ax killer, but Peter knows better. After all, if there is one thing his aunt has taught him, it is that you should never trust a Coffin.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMysteriousPress.com Open Road
    Release dateApr 29, 2014
    ISBN9781480486102
    The Search for My Great-Uncle's Head
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    Jonathan Latimer

    Jonathan Latimer (1906–1983) was a bestselling author and screenwriter. Born in Chicago, he began his career as a crime reporter for the Herald Examiner, working there until 1935, when he set out on a twisting road to Hollywood, which included stints as a dude rancher, a stunt man, and a publicist. In the late 1930s he began writing screenplays for MGM, producing the scripts for several classic noir films, including The Big Clock (1948) and the adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s The Glass Key (1942), which starred Alan Ladd. All the while, Latimer was writing fast-paced mystery novels such as The Lady in the Morgue (1936) and The Dead Don’t Care (1938). After fighting in World War II, he returned to Hollywood, where he continued writing novels and became a staff writer for the Perry Mason show. 

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      This book is from the 1930’s. It’s that favorite: a closed circle mystery, complete with missing wills, servants, and an odd-lot family, few of whom are likable. So it’s pretty standard in the setup.I’m fairly sure this is meant to be a parody of the genre and the trope. The main character/narrator, Peter Coffin (oh brother) seems at first to be a rather limp college professor but turns out to be an athlete and brave to the point of lunacy. The book gets off to an extremely slow start, even for me. Things do pick up along the way as the investigation heats up and another murder occurs. So as a narrative and as a pleasant time-filler, this book works well. But the characterization is really weak. People change behaviors and attitudes with no motivation. It’s disconcerting at best. And the police are treated like ignorant fatheads. Read this only if you love mysteries from between the wars. Keep in mind that this isn’t a British story; it takes place in the US Midwest.

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