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Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs

May 9, 2023

Last Week’s Mystery Answered

Last week I asked:

What's wrong with this old mystery by Erle Stanley Gardner?

Maureen Gibbs answered correctly: "The title." Owls blink.

Julie McCall added: The size difference between the owl and the woman is entirely misrepresented. The owl is more appropriately dressed for the weather than the woman is. The price of 75c is too exorbitant.

I am actually reading the book, which was first published in 1940. It was re-issued in the late 1960s with a femme fatale on the cover and some "sexy" language on the back cover.

Do not judge this book by its cover. It's quite sedate and proper.