I love Agatha Christie, and, nerd alert, I keep a spreadsheet on my computer detailing all of Agatha Christie's books (title, year of publication, if it's a Marple or a Poirot...), and am slowly reading my way through everything she wrote. I am also a subscriber to the Official Agatha Christie Newsletter. She is the master of the whodunnit, a keen observer of human nature, and her books are always a delight to read. I especially love Miss Marple - she looks like your typical English granny, but has a hidden dark side...
I think my favourite Christie books are The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and A Murder is Announced (and of course And Then There Were None and Murder on the Orient Express).
Two I'm reading now:
After the Funeral - I just finished this one and it had me guessing until the end. The action unfolds as the title says, after the funeral. Wealthy, but elderly, Richard Abernathie dies suddenly, and his kooky sister Cora is overheard at the funeral saying it was murder. The next day Cora is found dead in her bed, brutally hacked to death by a hatchet. Who murdered Richard, was it his nephew George, who needs money to bail himself out of his shady business deals, or his cunning niece Susan? Poirot steps in to solve the case. I'm not always a Poirot fan, but I really enjoyed this one.
The Murder at the Vicarage - I'm reading this one now. It's Miss Marple's debut novel, and we are introduced to her sweet outward appearance behind which she hides a shrewd intelligence, a dim view of humanity, and the ability to outwit the local police force. In this book Colonel Protheroe's dead body is found at the vicarage, and, according to town gossip, many locals of St Mary Mead just might have a motive for murder. The story appears to hinge on a reset clock... Miss Marple is on the case.
Do you like Agatha Christie?
XOXO
P.S. Have you heard of this book? Agatha Christie herself is a character in this crime novel, based on her real-life 10-day disappearance. I just found out about this book and can't wait to read it!
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