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For in the long run, either through a lie, or through truth, people were bound to give themselves away… A Poirot mystery set in the post World War II Era. A sad reminder that Poirot is now old & retired & that the writer has now slowly started moving away from the Poirot character… An era where Chris Leggi tutto

This was the March read and part of the Read Christie 2022 challenge. I really enjoyed this mystery! I read it in a couple of days and was trying hard to catch the murderer! Alas, I was wrong. As usual with Christie, there are quite a few characters that become suspects. I did need to take notes of th Leggi tutto

Agatha Christie Book Reading ChallengeBOOK 27 :- FEB 20214.5 STARS

Batty old Aunt Cora gets chopped up with a hatchet. Was she the victim of a marauding psycho or did she say the wrong thing at a funeral? Or is there some other reason entirely?! Poirot is on the case once again, so no worries. The little man with the big mustaches will ferret out the criminal and set Leggi tutto

Agatha Christie’s #31 Hercule Poirot mystery is the work of a writer that at this point knows her craft so well that she can do it almost in her sleep. And this story has a lot of sleep in it, and dreams. And a couple of funerals. I prefer this original title, After the Funeral, because it speaks to Leggi tutto

I had fears for this lesser known and ultimately excellent book by Agatha Christie. This French translation was done by Yves Massip, and he did a perfect job of it. The murders in this book were very relevant. The denouement of the plot, was abetted by a concise story. The book is imaginative, daring Leggi tutto

Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human. 😈Agatha Christie👿