Brilliant read and very involving.

Picked this up from the hampstead bookcrossing meetup last night. The title looked very familiar, I hope I'll enjoy it.

On its way to bookowl1000 who requested this book from the pay-it-forward rabck relay.

Arrived safely this morning. Thank you very much.

It may be summer here in Wales, but that does not mean no rainy days, so instead of going out, I stayed in with a good book.

As this story was first published in 1934 I can see how a story about a woman having an affair and trying to kill her husband could be quite scandalous. I do find vintage crime novels fascinating as the planning of a murder seems so crude, and easy to get away with in a world without forensics. The novel is short and fast paced; I was engrossed and completed it in one afternoon.

I confess to knowing nothing about the story except that there is an affair and so was somewhat puzzled by the title as there is no postman or any reference to one. I did a bit of research and found out that it was called thus because of the tense experience of the author waiting for the postman to ring in order to find out if the manuscript had been accepted. The author then came up with the idea that it could refer to God ‘ringing’ for a second time causing Frank to get his comeuppance after getting away with something the first time round. It does fit, but I think is also an example of how sometimes people look for a meaning that was not originally intended.

Thanks for sharing a great read.

I reposted it in the Pay-It-Forward forum but here has been no interest so I have done a seperate RABCK listing.

Book is being sent to Peg215 who requested it via the raback forum.

Enjoy!

I received it today, thanks!

easy and enjoyable reading, would like to watch the movie now
ps: thanks Bookowl1000 for the explanation about the title

Have a nice journey free book!

Here it is in ++ Castelldefels waiting to be picked up!!!