"The 89 Men"
AX AFFORD certainly writes a good thriller. The first instalment of The 89 Men from 4YA proved well up to his usual standard, although the intro duction of the historic gibbet in the museum, and the stealing of the executioner’s knife, reminded me too much of Tohn Dickson Carr and The Plague Court Murders Max Afford’s is an ex
cellent serial, in which the suspense 1s well maintained and the speakers are given characteristic dialogue which brings them alive as soon as they appear on the listener’s mental screen; by no means an easy thing to do in radio. If you like your escape-literature to be well-constructed and of the kind which makes it appeal to the above-average intelligence, The 89 Men should be well worth your while.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 356, 18 April 1946, Page 15
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131"The 89 Men" New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 356, 18 April 1946, Page 15
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