La serie infernale

This is basically an episode of Criminal Minds. But with a fussy old Belgin sporting weird mustaches running in tight shoes after a serial killer. That's a mouthful. Alexander Napoleon Bonaparte has headaches. But that's beside the point, right? Some sicko is sending Poirot letters, taunting Hercule abo Leggi tutto

The ABC Murders is an ingenious novel from 1936, by Agatha Christie. The thirteenth book to feature Hercule Poirot, her retired Belgian detective, it is well up there with her best. We have the banter between Poirot and Captain Hastings, plus the introduction of a new policeman to be the stooge, who Leggi tutto

I try to get my math students to read mysteries, because the logical skills of finding a pattern and using inductive and deductive reasoning are often skillfully laid out. If you've read this book, you know why its one that I use to illustrate that point in my class. Sadly, the point is underappreci Leggi tutto

I love that this Poirot mystery wasn’t the usual drawing room style (until the end of course) plot line usually delivered by my favorite mustachioed Belgian detective. And an extra star for a really original and nearly modern plot line. (Reviewed 6/3/19)

[4.9⭐] 𝙀𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙙𝙚 𝙡𝙖 𝙜𝙪𝙞́𝙖 𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨 es una novela detectivesca escrita por Agatha Christie en el año 1936. La historia se centra en un asesino en serie conocido como A.B.C., este individuo escoge a sus víctimas y el lugar del asesinato mediante el patrón alfábetico. El relato comienza co Leggi tutto