A quarrel at the bridge table results in a wife shooting her husband. Card expert Ely Culbertson is called upon to testify whether the hand was played correctly.
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Is it worth your time? If you like old, weird artifacts of legal history, maybe. If you actually want to be entertained by a coherent narrative, skip it. It’s for the specific person who finds 1930s bridge etiquette more thrilling than actual plot development. Honestly, the whole thing feels like a lecture that accide...
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old, weird artifacts of legal history, maybe. If you actually want to be entertained by a coherent narrative, skip it. It’s for the specific person who finds 1930s bridge etiquette more thrilling than actual plot development. Honestly, the whole thing feels like a lecture that accidentally wandered onto a film set. You’re mostly just waiting for someone to do something besides stare at cards. The Setup A wife kills her husband over a card game. That’s the hig..."
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