The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow

The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow

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The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow by Anna Katharine Green

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1917

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The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow

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A woman's body is found in a museum gallery with an arrow through her chest, so all of the other visitors are locked inside while the crime is investigated.

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This is a great old mystery novel. The investigation is really interesting. The story itself is tragic. Anna Katharine Green was very good in telling stories of police investigation that do not bore or loose the reader's interest. Gryce is insightful but not infallible. Modern readers should be warned: there is a section toward the end that tells the back story. Old mysteries sometimes had this, and it's common in Green's books, though modern readers will find this annoying. (Remember Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet and The Valley of Fear.)Nevertheless, this is an excellent old mystery book that I recommend very highly.