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The Crime and the Criminal
Richard Marsh
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I sank back in bed, appalled. The prospect, in my weak state, was too terrible for contemplation. It seemed incredible that a wholly innocent man could, by any possibility, be placed in such a situation.
My wife went on, her voice seeming to ring in my ears almost as if it had been a knell of doom--
"Play the man! I have been playing the part for you up to now. Now play it yourself. I need not tell you what it has meant to me to learn that my husband has been, as it were, a living lie. You know how I have believed in you, and what you have been to me because I believed in you. To have the object of one's faith collapse, like an air-pricked bladder, into nothingness, and worse than nothingness, is calcula. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Another offering from Richard Marsh, a man who literally churned out novels during the late Victorian period. This was probably down to the fact that due to an unfortunate incident involving him masquerading as several wealthy gentlemen, living the high life and committing large-scale fraud, he ende
The Crime and the Criminal begins dramatically enough with hapless Thomas Tennant boarding a return train to London only to find that his compartment is shared with a former lover, the bitter, bad-tempered Nell. When an argument escalates and Tennant is physically attacked, his attempt to defend hi
Really great. It’s like Seinfeld wrote a crime story at the turn of the century
Not that good
I didn’t care for it. Mostly because of the writing style. I would say it is the period it was written in, but I have read Agatha Christie, who about 30 yrs younger than Richard Marsh, and loved her books. Like Dorothy Sayers’s books,his book to me is boring. The storyline was good and