Captain Cut-Throat

Captain Cut-Throat

Rating

7.5

The Pequod Review:

John Dickson Carr's fifty-sixth novel (give or take) is a historical thriller set in the middle of the Napoleonic Wars. While the book's locked-room plot is a disappointing let-down, Carr has become a very good storyteller — with strong characters and a rich historical setting. If only The Three Coffins (1935) had been this well-written...