Rex Dolphin - Walk in the Shadows - Sexton Blake Library 437/Oct 1959
Cover art by Fratini (Renato Fratini)
An enjoyable and absorbing tale from Rex Dolphin (actually Reginald Charles Dolphin).
The strangely-named Mr Dolphin was not prone to enlivening his prose with unexpected literary flourishes, evocative descriptive passages or an array of quirky characters.
His strength is in his "keep the reader guessing" approach to his craft.
Walk in the Shadows sees Sexton Blake investigating a murder in a workplace. As his enquiries continue, almost everyone he encounters has something to hide, a motive to have committed the murder or both.
A second murder, that takes place while his investigation is ongoing, does little to provide clarity.
I very much doubt that many readers will arrive at the solution to the case ahead of Blake.
Recommended reading, which made me want to seek out more of Rex`s writings.
