ecl@mtgzz.UUCP (e.c.leeper) (06/20/85)
DEATH OF A SCAVENGER by Keith Spore
Belmont, 1980, $2.25.
A book review by Evelyn C. Leeper
Dr. Hugo Enclave is a modern detective who pretends that he is
Sherlock Holmes. He affects a deerstalker cap and magnifying glass, and
follows the methods of Holmes (as he interprets them). In spite of
this, Holmes fans will probably not find this book of interest. Enclave
and the narrator (a police officer on leave of absence) attempt to solve
some murders which seem to be connected to the "Aquadoor" break-in at
the Democratic National Headquarters. (Yes, I know--at times this book
suffers from terminal cuteness, in spite of not being a comedy.) I was
usually twenty pages or so ahead of the narrator and this did *not* make
for an interesting book. In fact, it was boring. Skip it.
Evelyn C. Leeper
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