SuitabookThe Case Of The Goodlooking Corpse
Caroline Lawrence
- Reading
- If the murder-and-pursuit premise feels intense, read together at first and pause to check how the suspense is landing before continuing.
- Themes
- Being taken seriously: P.K. is a 12-year-old detective who struggles to find work because people do not take them seriously. The premise makes age and credibility relevant, but does not show how the story evaluates other characters’ attitudes.
- Witness and danger: Martha says she witnessed her mistress’s murder and asks P.K. for help; she then disappears while the killer knows she witnessed it. The premise creates a threat around a witness, but does not establish how danger or its consequences are portrayed.
- Worth knowing
- Murder, a witness pursued by a killer, gunfighters and saloon-and-street conflict are part of the premise; the degree of graphic detail is unclear.