The Double Take

by Roy Huggins
Category: "Fiction - Mystery"
Pages:188
Year of Publication:1946
Date Added:02/22/2021
Date Read:09/25/2022
Notes:Armed Services Edition

Detective Stuart Bailey is hired by a man to find out about his wife's mysterious past. Supposedly, a blackmailer is threatening to expose it. Bailey's investigation soon has him looking for two women—a former showgirl who is now the wife of a millionaire, and the gangster's girl who stole the gangster's money and the showgirl's identity. The gangster's girl is found dead, and Bailey gets the husband (who hired him) to admit to the killing while keeping the showgirl's past hidden where it belongs.
My Rating: 6

Reviews for The Double Take

Review - Double Take, The

Some decent writing, although Huggins gets lost in many a metaphor and simile by trying to be far too clever. The story was interesting, if a little hard to follow.

Reviewed by Roger on 2022-09-25 16:15:57

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