Talk:The Twenty-Six Clues

Reviews

 * H. W. Boynton in "Adventures and Riddles," The Bookman, 1919 May: But the best of these stories from both mechanical and literary points of view is "The Twenty-Six Clues". The author is, I think, the best going in this line, among Americans at least. There have been a number of recent detective stories by her showing range as well as quality. "The Twenty-Six Clues" concerns another of those city mysteries which seem to be rather challenging the favorite old tragedy of the lonely country house or the unguarded by-road. Perhaps one reason why I think well of this story, apart from its very presentable style, is because I did for once hit the nigger on the head—guess the real murderer, I mean. But I have a sneaking suspicion that the storyteller meant me to do just that, by just that hair's-breadth!