![]() ![]() ![]() Any reader with a basic whiff of the plot knows that a murder victim is going to be found, and so it is very natural to read into the surroundings. Marle’s investigation of the waxworks had me fully on edge, which is natural given the setting. As Marle and Bencolin explore the waxworks, they make a gruesome discovery – the body of another young woman is slumped across the arms of a wax satyr.Ĭarr starts strong with this one – he lays on the atmosphere and he lays it on thick. The victim was last seen entering a waxwork museum several days prior, but never leaving. Marle is accompanying Bencolin on an investigation into the death of a young woman whose body was found in the Seine river. The Corpse in the Waxworks finds us back in Paris with Jeff Marle, the point of view narrator from all previous Bencolin books. #Waxworks death scenes full#Despite featuring a heart pounding finale, Carr’s overall narrative skills weren’t quite yet to the level of holding a full novel without the lure of an impossibility. Being an overall fan of Carr’s style of writing, and knowing that he can deliver the goods without even a whiff of an impossibility ( The Emperor’s Snuff Box, Death Watch), why not give it a try? I suspect I was held back by my experience with The Lost Gallows, another early Bencolin work that lacks a strong puzzle. Couple that with the back of the book jacket description basically amounting to “ a woman is found dead in the arms of a satyr in a waxworks”. In part, it was my knowledge that it doesn’t feature an impossible crime. For some reason, I’ve never felt drawn to The Corpse in the Waxworks. ![]()
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