Showing posts with label Miles Burton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miles Burton. Show all posts

Tuesday, 10 November 2026

Death in the Tunnel (Noirvember?)

Since it is Noirvember, I was looking for crime books that would fit the event. And I remembered that I read ten years ago a whodunit set during November, which would be fitting enough in some way, but that I cannot recommend. So ten years ago, as Wolfie was a few months old and I was struggling to keep him asleep at night and stay awake during the day, I tried to read something unchallenging to get me through November. I didn't know about Noirvember then. So I bought and read Death in the Tunnel, a classic whodunit written by Cecil Street under the pseudonym of Miles Burton. Because I love trains, I tend to look favourably on thrillers and crime stories set in trains, I thought it would be a fun read. Big mistake. Why is this a classic is beyond me: the murder plot is ridiculously convoluted and the characters are all bland. To this day, I barely remember anything about it. But yeah, I mean the story is set in the month of November, so it is fitting for Noirvember in that way, otherwise I'd avoid it.