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Late, Late in the Evening

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Mitchell, Gladys - Late, Late in the Evening (1976)

 

 

Review by Nick Fuller

4/5

Mitchell's fiftieth book, and, celebrating that noble mark, she returns to the days when Dame Beatrice was Mrs. Bradley, and when life was quieter. The book is very satisfying, with some of Mitchell's best character-drawing. The children are excellent, even if they do owe something to The Rising of the Moon. Despite the fact that there are only two suspects, like Henry Wade she manages to weave a good deal of mystification and keep the story rattling along at a brisk pace — an achievement in itself. The murders themselves are well done, though the girl's death (murdered while dressed as a dinosaur) is slightly disappointing. The village is excellent. It no longer exists in the modern world, fitting in a book dealing with the passing of time. The first and final pages sum up the book's theme of the gradual disappearance of the past, and the final words: "I did when I was younger." Not for nothing is it called Late, Late in the Evening.

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