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title: "Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper (Black Heath Classic Crime)"
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# Mr. Bowling Buys a Newspaper (Black Heath Classic Crime)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Fine psychological study
  

*by C***7 on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 February 2018*

This is a fascinating and compelling study of a serial killer set mainly in wartime London. It is compulsively readable, dryly and wryly humorous and horrifying at the same time.The writer catapults the reader into the mind of William Bowling, who, having smothered his wife and profited from it both financially and emotionally, embarks upon a murderous career whilst enjoying a life of leisure and fun.He considers blackmail and homosexuality to be worse than murder.Donald Henderson  also wrote as D H Landels and produced 17 novels. Martin Edwards has blogged about him and also written about him in his ” Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books” Ch.17. There is a short list of books on the gadetection site. He died  in 1947. Apparently he had worked in a stockbrokers, and had done some acting, before joining the BBC.This fine psychological study, which has overtones of Highsmith's  works, is currently available at a bargain price.Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper
  

*by S***Z on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2018*

This wartime mystery is an extremely unusual read. Mr Bowling is bored of the war, bored of life and he was extremely bored of his wife, before he took the opportunity of killing her during an Air Raid. Having benefited from his wife’s death, he seems unable to stop killing people (men only, he has decided that killing women is not really acceptable). Those that annoy, or infuriate, him, find themselves in sudden danger, while the opportunity to kill them seemingly happens without much difficulty. The title of the book concerns Mr Bowling’s procuring newspapers, searching the pages desperately looking for his exploits to appear in print and expecting arrest at any moment, but finding that he seems to be getting away with murder…Unlike many of the Golden Age mysteries of this period, this is a much darker crime novel, with a compelling anti-hero. There is much about Mr Bowling’s background, at school and in his marriage, which suggests motives for his later actions. However, the real joy of this book is the dry, dark humour and the constant infuriation of the main character. Mr Bowling’s sudden realisation that he is going to kill someone, and his almost desperate desire to be caught, contrasts with the bizarre happenings, which mean that he seems destined never to be suspected. However, of course, there is a twist to the tale and, suddenly, Mr Bowling is not nearly so keen to be caught as he was previously.This is a deliciously dark read. Mr Bowling is endlessly questioning his life and musing on how dreary everything is. He rushes from one place to another, always restless and frantic, while you cannot help but sympathise at his annoyance with the characters he comes across. The bore who wants to endlessly discuss the war on the stairs of his boarding house, the young woman who won’t take no for an answer, the acquaintance who insists he come to stay for a weekend in the country. Mr Bowling both wants to be left alone and yet to join in with the gaiety of London life and, like others, not to be alone.Author Donald Henderson had no real success until the sensation of, "Mr Bowling Buys a Newspaper" brought him success and led to the re-issue of “A Voice Like Velvet,” also set in wartime London. This novel reminded me a little of Patrick Hamilton and it saddened me that the author died in 1947, only leaving such a small body of successful work, when he was, obviously, so talented. I look forward to reading his second novel and am so pleased these books have been re-issued after such a long time out of print. Hopefully, some more of his, lesser known work, might yet appear, if "Mr Bowling," regains the success it deserves to be.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    I tried hard, very hard, to like this but...........
  

*by R***L on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 October 2018*

I tried hard, very hard,  to like this book and read it very slowly. The whole idea fascinated me.  Its titular hero (or should I say Anti-hero?), a failed pianist and composer, kills merely, after the first one at least, just to find out if his crimes appear in the newspapers. Sadly, for him, they don't, and despite leaving clues, suspicion never falls on him and he never gets caught, continuing his killing spree in wartime London, and in one case, outside London. The book started well but I gradually realised I was not really enjoying it and it took me far longer than usual to finish it. Quite frankly I began to care less and less as to whether or not he would get caught. Still it's an interesting idea, very entertaining read with an 'open' ending and well written. I would, however, buy and read more novels by this author if I spotted them. Maybe if I read it again I might enjoy it more - hence the 3 stars.There is one curious things in the book which someone may well clarify:On page 1 we read that "Mr Bowling sat at the piano until it grew darker, not playing, but with Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto in Db Minor opened before him." - He'd have a problem - Tchaikovsky didn't write a 'Piano Concerto in Db minor'. Tchaikovsky's popular First Piano Concerto is in Bb minor (which is probably what the author intended.  Was it never proof read?) the 2nd in G major & the 3rd in Eb major. The only Piano Concerto in know of in Db (major) is that by Aram Khachaturian written in 1937 and first performed in London in 1940.

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