Calamity Town
Ellery Queen heads to small town Wrightsville to get some local colour for his next novel, but finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation.The characters and townsfolk are the main focus, with various people having the motivation.
It keeps moving at a good pace, makes you want to see what will happen next and get the big reveal at the end.
As with most of these clever not-really-a-detective books, it will lose out on subsequent readings. A lot of the enjoyment is picking up the clues, seeing where it leads people, but once you know that then it doesn't have quite the same punch as the first read.
