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of alibis, and the like. If I tell more, you’ll know the guilty party, thus spoiling a
good read (the classic conundrum in reviewing mystery stories), but I can say
that Carr’s enthusiasm for the mountain scene, his knack for peopling the
heights with credible characters, nicely described, distinguish the series as a
whole, not least with this first assaying.
Murder on the Matterhorn (also 1951) takes Lewker out o