I like an impossible crime and while I wasn’t surprised by whodunnit I hadn’t worked out all the details (I was sure that Nate had killed his wife so it was a relief that that wasn’t part of it…
I must admit, I spent kind of a lot of time trying to remember which classic mystery had the lectern or podium or whatever that was built like a ship (I am still doing this, have not remembered), and it took me until this morning to recall that the thing that Grandad priest putting all his money into a jewel reminded me of was K J Charles’ Thief in the Night, which is a favorite.
And “scooby-dooby-doo” made my day