The Riddle of the Frozen Flame is a sort of early 20th Century Great Detective novel starring a detective named "Cleek". I saw no great evidence that he was great at detecting other than the author kept saying he was great. There is an attempt to create an interesting setting and a compelling back story and those were enough to make me at least finish this book and not put it down in disgust but that is about all I have to say about it. The mystery itself is not compelling. Mediocre, at best, and not worth writing a full blown review about.

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