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| Author | J.J. Connington |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Sir Clinton Driffield |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Gollancz |
Publication date | 1931 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | Nemesis at Raynham Parva |
| Followed by | The Sweepstake Murders |
The Boathouse Riddle is a 1931 detective novel by the British author Alfred Walter Stewart, published under his pseudonym J.J. Connington.[1] It is the sixth in his series of seventeen novels featuring the Golden Age Detective Chief Constable Sir Clinton Driffield.[2] The title is also written as The Boat-House Riddle.
Two years earlier with Nemesis at Raynham Parva had effectively seemed to have retired his lead character, in a style similar to Arthur Conan Doyle attempt to conclude the Sherlock Holmes series in The Final Problem. An attempt to replace Sir Clinton with a new lead character, Superintendent Ross in two novels had been less successful and he returned as Chief Constable.[3] Significantly for the formula of the series, Clinton's friend Wendover who had only appeared in two of the first five books featured in every novel of the series afterwards.[4] The Boathouse Riddle received a positive review in A Catalogue of Crime by Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor.[5]