Oddly, it’s even better than most, if only because the female lead doesn’t immediately fall in love, and instead tries to turn the suspect in to the police at every opportunity.
This one is definitely an adaptation of the movie version, with similarly little resemblance to the book (which didn’t have a female lead or Mr. Memory). The book is in the public domain and it’s fairly short. Check it out on Project Gutenberg when you have the chance.
Well, that was a nice snapshot of old time misogyny, too.
Oddly, it’s even better than most, if only because the female lead doesn’t immediately fall in love, and instead tries to turn the suspect in to the police at every opportunity.
This one is definitely an adaptation of the movie version, with similarly little resemblance to the book (which didn’t have a female lead or Mr. Memory). The book is in the public domain and it’s fairly short. Check it out on Project Gutenberg when you have the chance.