Death of Mr. Dodsley
by John Ferguson (The Crime Club, 1937)
audiobook read by David Thorpe (Soundings, 2023)
Ferguson affords the reader meticulous access to the discoveries, theories and reasonings of both MacNab and the police, yet still manages to spring a surprise of two (albeit in part due to glassy-eyed oversaturation). The prose is pleasant enough, its deployment underwhelming.