![]() ![]() It’s also the impossible crime of the series so of course I jumped at it. So Pretty a Problem is one of a series of five classic detective novels from the 1950’s penned by Francis Duncan and reissued by Penguin last year under their Vintage label. I was introduced to Duncan’s works by TomCat in his recent reviews and was fortunate to come across this one on my London second hand bookshop walk. How then could a killer enter and leave Paradise unseen? ![]() The house and bridge were watched by a rock solid witness, and no one else but Adrian, Helen and Tremaine crossed over around the time the gun was fired. However, if she didn’t kill Adrian then it paints an odder picture still, as the house known as Paradise sits on a small piece of cliff top broken away from the mainland, only accessible by a small iron bridge. But the scene and her account paint an odd picture. ![]() Helen claims the shooting was a joke gone wrong, she didn’t realise the gun was loaded. Adrian was the controversial painter of the day, his revealing portraits and horrific landscapes, while being classed as genius, stirred up many a critic and enemy. The now deceased Adrian Carthallow lies in a horrible state in the middle of his study come library. Helen Carthallow runs from her secluded house to the beach side, finding Tremaine she cries out: ‘Please. A sharp sound wakes Mordecai Tremaine from his deck chair dozing. ![]()
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