When Lieutenant Valcour is summoned by Mrs Herbert Endicott, it appears at first that this is a simple missing persons case – her husband has been missing for a whole two hours. But when Valcour finds Endlicott dead in his walk-in closet, things become distinctly more complicated. Especially once Endlicott comes back to life and is promptly murdered again.

As Valcour hunts for a killer, everything seems to keep coming back to Mrs Endlicott. Did she murder her husband? Or are things not as simple as that?

OK, a relatively quick review. I’m not short of time, I just don’t have a lot to say about this, other than, it’s… fine, I suppose.

It was our book club choice this month – it’s been reissued by American Mystery Classics but I had to read an older kindle version from Wildside Press, as there are supply issues with the AMC books at the moment. No idea what’s happening there, but despite this being out for a few months, it’s not available from Amazon. Anyone have any insight there?

Anyway, back to the book. It definitely reads as something that was originally serialised – every chapter ends with a cliff hanger and there are a couple of plot points (the bloke who knocks Valcour out early on) that don’t really go anywhere. There’s some interesting stuff with the plotting even if one aspect ends up coming across as a tad silly. And, in reference to the title – what “Clock”?

There’s some interesting stuff here – I’d hardly call it a “Mystery Classic” but it’s certainly worth a look. Maybe I’ll try another from King in the future. Maybe.