WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS?
US title: THE BOOMERANG CLUE
UK publication: 1934 (Collins)
US publication: 1935 (Dodd, Mead)
Detective: Bobby Jones and Frankie Derwent
Genre: Novel
Plot summary and comments: The cryptic question of the title is uttered by a man who has apparently fallen off a cliff on the west coast of Wales, just before he dies. The only one to hear him is the vicar's son, Bobby Jones, golfing nearby; together with his aristocratic friend, young Lady Frances ("Frankie") Derwent, he investigates the murder. The story is both thriller and mystery, as the team of Bobby and Frankie have a number of adventures before the meaning of the question is clear, including being bound and gagged by the villain and left in an attic to die, Bobby falling from a tree, and Frankie deliberately crashing her car. Filmed by London Weekend TV in 1980.
::READERS REVIEWS::
"The plot is amazing and I found the detectives(Bobby and Frankie)witty, brave and altogether fun. The villin is a perfect one, one I never would have suspected. This book was complex and held my intrest great. It and "Sleeping Murder" (another Christie) made me a complete fan of hers-dispite her boring books(Like "What Mrs. Mugillacudy Saw" and "Easy to Kill") Also check out "And Then There Were None"-also amazing. By the way, I am very picky, and if I like it, these books must be good!!"
"I like how it starts out good and stays good all the way through. I also like the ending. Smoochy."
"I didn't enjoyed it very much. Althought you wonder all the time who really did it and why, it has some scenes that are too much incredible."
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