All I knew about this book before picking it up was that it had been adapted into a movie starring Claude Rains. I caught part of that movie on TCM one time and it looked intriguing so I thought I would check out the book. However, the novel is unfortunately really a very silly little thriller, reliant on extreme contrivances and characters behaving stupidly. The setup is this: Francis and Jane are a nephew and aunt of about the same age who are mourning the […]