Cork On The Water is Macdonald Hastings' first Montague Cork mystery. When a salmon fisherman snags a dead body instead of the giant salmon he's been pursuing in a Scottish stream and Cork's insurance company is presented with a claim, Cork proceeds to investigate. I didn't find either Montague Cork or the mystery especially interesting, so this one will probably go in the donation bin. Grade: C.
I've spent most of my life reading and collecting mystery novels. This year I've decided to read through my entire collection again. My preference is for the classic English "Golden Age" puzzle mystery, although there are many from other countries and other genres as well. I've purged the collection at times in the past, and there are some good ones I've never gotten to, so there are gaps in it, and that's fine with me. My object in this exercise is to enjoy them all over again.
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