Anthony Berkeley wrote books that challenges your mind and, as far as I can see, seem to challenge our contemporary moral codes.
I enjoyed Jumping Jenny, it's refreshingly cynical at times, but you are left wondering who is the villain and who is the victim.
It's a good study of relationship in a weird family and a group of people. Roger Sheringham acts as externa. observer and as sleuth.
We know who-did-it but the character in the books ignore it and the game will be how they solve the mystery
I wasn't very comfortable with some descriptions and I think that the characters in this book are almost all flawed and often quite irritating.
It's hard to tell the victims from the abusers and I don't share the opinion that Berkley was misogynistic as the opinions of the characters are those of the age when the book was written and some of them are quite modern as a divorced woman was often biased.
An intriguing story and a book that is also thought provoking.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine