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Crooked House

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In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. An accident? Not likely.

In fact, suspicion has already fallen on his luscious widow, a cunning beauty fifty years his junior, set to inherit a sizeable fortune, and rumored to be carrying on with a strapping young tutor comfortably ensconc

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Mass Market Paperback, 276 pages

Published August 19th 2002 by St. Martin's Minotaur (first published 1948)

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Dec 08, 2010 mark monday rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: choose-ur-adventure

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You are a precocious child in a complicated world filled with scheming relatives & heirs to fortune & smitten suitors & gold-digging wives & husky tutors & cast-out sons & amateur sleuths. Your life is centered within a vast country manor dominated by your dread grandfather, who sits like a senescent spider in the center of his enormous web, a web whose tangles he created but no longer bothers to repair. Then murder strikes and grandfather is no...more

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Apr 19, 2013 Carol rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Christie fans, fans of English cozy mysteries

Shelves: mystery

No Marple. No Tuppence. No Poirot. Mon Dieu! Yet this short Christie mystery remains one of my favorites, likely due to the interesting characterization and well-crafted plot. It gradually builds tension, with a rather unanticipated but satisfying ending.

An English man and a woman become fast companions as they serve their country in Egypt. Charles is about to ship out and isn't sure when he'll get back to England, so at their good-bye dinner, he shares his feelings but refuses to ask Sophia to...more No Marple. No Tuppence. No Poirot. Mon Dieu! Yet this short Christie mystery remains one of my favorites, likely due to the interesting characterization and well-crafted plot. It gradually builds tension, with a rather unanticipated but satisfying ending.

An English man and a woman become fast companions as they serve their country in Egypt. Charles is about to ship out and isn't sure when he'll get back to England, so at their good-bye dinner, he shares his feelings but refuses to ask Sophia to commit until he returns. All very romantic and old-fashioned. Unfortunately upon his return, Sophia is dealing with serious problems that include the suspicious death of her Greek grandfather, Aristide Leonides. In a situation that likely would never occur today, Charles' father, Assistant Commissioner of the Yard, encourages him to use his connection with the family and help resolve the case--after all, resolution will clear the remaining family members.

It's a very interesting household, and one of the great aspects of the story is how well Christie characterizes the eccentricities of its members--while they all are unlikely to have done it, any one of them could have. There's Brenda, the trophy wife, whom everyone wishes had done it. Then there's Aristides' adult children, all living in the same household. Sophia's mother, Magda, is an actress and is particularly delightful:
"Not see him?" Her voice went up. "But of course I must see him! Darling, darling, you're so terribly unimaginative! You don't realise the importance of details. He'll want to know exactly how and when everything happened--"
"Mother," said Sophia, coming through the open door, "you're not to tell the Inspector a lot of lies."

There's Sophia's father, Philip, impassive and removed from the drama of his wife. Then there's Uncle Roger, an emotional gentle giant: "He collided with a screen, said 'I beg your pardon' to it in a flustered manner, and went out of the room. It was rather like the exit of a bumble bee and left a noticeable silence behind it."

Roger is married to Clemency, a scientist, who Charles feels is "rather an alarming woman....I think because I judged that the standards by which she lived might not be those of an ordinary woman." Other household members include Aunt Edith; the children's tutor, Laurence, who may or may not be having an affair with Brenda; and the two children, Eustace and Josephine, who have a gory fascination with the case despite their Nannie trying to keep them in check. Charles wakes to Josephine's examination of him: "'Eustace and I are very interested. We like detective stories. I've always wanted to be a detective. I'm being one now. I'm collecting clues.' She was, I felt, rather a ghoulish child."

As in all Christie's best mysteries, tension builds slowly, as first one suspect is presented, than another, and then eliminated. The additional emotional connection of the relationship between Charles and Sophia adds a delicate layer to the investigation--is he there as a prospective in-law, or a police official? The struggle to solve the murder is also a struggle to resolve their relationship. Family secrets will be brought into the open. Aristide's will reveals a surprising bequest. Failures will need to be faced. Before all is over, there will be another attempt at murder and arrest or two.

Enjoyable as a period piece, as a mystery and a character study. As always, characterization shines. There's some brief reading uncomfortableness as Christie delves into Aristide's canny business practices, which may or may not have to do with him being Greek. I wasn't terribly offended, but it was definitely one of those things that make the modern reader say 'hmm.' Otherwise, well worth the time.

Three and a half crooked stars.

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Jul 02, 2011 Eman rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

قرأتها من وقت بعيد جدًا ، ربما عام 2005 ..

كالعادة أغاثا تثير الشك ، في جميع إبطال الرواية كإحتمال أن يكونوا القلتة ..
حتى ما أن تصل لنهاية ، لتجد أن الشخص الأقل ريبة هو القاتل !

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Sep 07, 2010 Zeek rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites-all-time, classics, literary, mystery, fiction

I’ve read several Agatha Christie’s in my lifetime, but admittedly not as many as my Cousin A. Between old Agatha and the Midsomer Murder Mystery TV series, she’s pretty much got the English Murder Mystery genre covered. SO, when she handed me Agatha Christie’s Crooked House and told me it’s the best one she’s read yet by her, I was intrigued.

Well, she was right. A non- Hercule Poirot/Miss Marple, the book moved along, however, same as usual, until the ending. I never saw it coming. And that’s s...more

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Nov 24, 2008 Phayvanh rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: mystery lovers

Shelves: 2008, agatha-christie, reviews

This is the first Christie novel I read narrated from a man's POV, which highlights the contrasting father-son relationships witnessed in this book, though the narrator himself never compares them.

Charles is our speaker, in love with the rich heiress whose grandfather was poisoned. Charles works in tandem with his father, the Assisstant Commissioner of Scotland Yard in charge of the case. They have a nurturing apprenticeship going on, though it's unclear whether Charles will pursue police work....more

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Apr 06, 2013 Fiona Ingram rated it 5 of 5 stars

I am a huge Agatha Christie (15 /09/1890—12/12/1976) fan. I have possibly all of her books, and nearly all the television and film versions of her works, starring a variety of Hercule Poirots (my best is David Suchet) and Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford, Joan Hickson and Julia McKenzie tops). According to the Guinness Book of records, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Often referred to as the “Queen of Crime,” she is also regarded as a master of suspense, plotting, and c...more I am a huge Agatha Christie (15 /09/1890—12/12/1976) fan. I have possibly all of her books, and nearly all the television and film versions of her works, starring a variety of Hercule Poirots (my best is David Suchet) and Miss Marple (Margaret Rutherford, Joan Hickson and Julia McKenzie tops). According to the Guinness Book of records, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Often referred to as the “Queen of Crime,” she is also regarded as a master of suspense, plotting, and characterisation.

Recently I started rereading her work and began with Crooked House, one of the seven novels inspired by nursery rhymes. Agatha Christie described this as her favourite book. She says in the author’s foreword: “This book is one of my own special favourites. I saved it up for years, thinking about it, working it out, saying to myself, ‘One day when I’ve plenty of time, and want to really enjoy myself—I’ll begin it! … Crooked House was pure pleasure.’”

Three generations of the Leonides family live together under the roof of wealthy patriarch Aristide. His first wife died; her sister Edith has cared for the household since then. His second wife is the indolent Brenda, decades his junior, who exchanges love letters with the grandchildren's tutor, Laurence Brown. After Aristide is poisoned by his own eye medicine (eserine), his granddaughter Sophia tells narrator and fiancé Charles Hayward that they cannot marry until the killer is apprehended. Charles' father "The Old Man" is the Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard, so Charles investigates from the inside along with assigned detective, Chief Inspector Taverner. It seems that everyone could have a motive. The ridiculously young wife Brenda wants to be free to marry the tutor. Then there’s Roger, the eldest son who needs money to prop up his tottering business. Second son Philip has always been jealous of Roger. Not to mention their wives (Clemency and Magda), who could also have motive for various financial reasons. Josephine, Aristides’s precocious granddaughter, tells Charles that the police are stupid and she has already worked out who the killer is, along with copious notes and clues in her little black notebook. When Josephine is attacked and Nanny is mysteriously poisoned by hot chocolate after Brenda and the tutor are arrested, the danger escalates to a surprise finish.

This was the first time I’d read the book and it was great. The pace is good, the characters real (we have all met them somewhere along life’s path) and the suspense chilling. I am quite good at guessing the killer in various crime books, but this one stumped (and shocked) me completely. Charles is excellent as the sometimes-bumbling amateur sleuth. Sophia is sharp-witted and courageous. There’s a Roger and a Magda in every family. The family are at once torn apart and cling together in this time of adversity and stalking danger. Highly enjoyable! (A lesson about making a watertight will included!)
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Jan 30, 2013 Ioana rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, golden-age-mystery

I would give most Christie novels five stars, and I have read them all. Once every few years, once I forget the plot, I go back and reread her works, as she is by far my all time favorite "pulp fiction" writer (I tend to read mostly non fiction and fiction literary works & Christie is as "pulp" as I get). However, I'm too fond of this one, because, as much as I loved the premise, characters, and development, the ending was quite anticlimactic and unsatisfactory (to me).

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Nov 14, 2012 Agustini rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: e-book

Aku mulai menyukai karangan Agatha Christie sejak pertama kali membaca buku 'Malam Tanpa Akhir'. Aku dikejutkan dengan ending cerita-nya, rupanya pembunuhnya ialah...
Oke, sekarang bahas tentang buku ini dulu. Aku tertarik baca ini, karena AC bilang ini adalah karya favoritnya, jadi aku pun penasaran, 'seberapa menarik sih buku ini?'
Awalnya aku agak bingung dengan silsilah keluarga Leonides, tapi setelah masuk inti cerita, ngerti juga.
saking penasaran dengan novel ini, sampai membacanya hanya dal...more

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Sep 11, 2012 Steven rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery

Christie's prolific output has naturally resulted in a number of mediocre mysteries, some better-than-average ones, and a few really excellent ones. I put this novel as one of her very best. It does not feature any of her famous detectives, and its plot involves the standard wealthy English country manor beset by murder. And yet, as told in the first person by the young man who desires to marry one of the members of the household and thus has a vested interest in finding the murderer, the novel...more

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Apr 12, 2012 Mike rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Feb 08, 2012 فهد الراشد rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

كما أن الكاتبة استمتعت بكتابة هذه الرواية - حسب قولها - وأعدتها من أفضل رواياتها، فأنا استمتعت بقراءة هذه الرواية حقاً ولكني أعدها من أعقد ألغاز أجاثا.
كانت مذهلة: ما أزعجني أن شخصيات الرواية أغلبها كان مزعجاً، بما في ذلك المحقق الذي يؤدي طور الراوي " تشارلز " حيث أنني لم أره بمستوى محقق، بل أشعر أني أحياناً لا أستطيع وصفه هكذا، ولكن كان والده يعوض النقص فقد كانت شخصيته مذهلة إلى حدٍ ما.
أنصح بها لمحبي الروايات البوليسية فقط بشكل خاص، ولكنها قد تكون أصعب وأعمق من أن يفهمها شخص غير ملم بالروايات ال...more

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Jan 29, 2012 Leah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crime, mystery

Christie's interesting announcement that "This book is one of my own special favourites" (from the note on the publication page) belies a relatively uninteresting story.

I couldn't find anything particularly special about this book as compared to her others. The characters were a little shallow, the relationships a little unbelievable, the narrator a little bit pompous.

Her non-Poirot novels are very hit-and-miss, I find. One my favourites of all her novels, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, is not Poi...more

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Mar 07, 2011 Laurel rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: my-year-of-agatha

One of my very favorite things about Agatha Christie is that when she said anyone could be a murderer under the right circumstances, she *meant* it. One would think that when you read a mystery, you should suspect everyone, but for most authors it just isn't true--if you read a "cozy" author, you can bet it won't be one of the charming young lovers, or the trusty narrator, or dear old Granny, or the kindly priest. With Christie, it could be any of those, or everybody, or nobody (oh yes!). It cou...more

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Jan 25, 2013 Karthik Thrikkadeeri rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Everyone! Even if you don't like mystery! For the sheer genius of AC!

De-fi-ni-te-ly the best!

I am 14 [almost] years old. I knew 50% that the real murderer was the murderer after all! I knew it from the start; or at least, some time after the start! I am so smart! I don't know why our school library restricts AC books to the senior sec. section. But, I am so glad that I used my awesome brain to work out a way and get this book!

But the fact that I knew about the murderer doesn't make me feel that this book is : meh, not so much. In fact, as I said before, I think i...more

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Nov 03, 2012 Onellyantie Chuah rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Agatha Christie made a note in the first page of the book that Crooked House was one of her best writings and I agree, though I personally would not pick this as one of the top 10 from Christie's. The plot is ingenious; murders by poison (which I think is Christie's favourite method of murder) in a rich notable family of Leonides. Strange enough, I like all the characters, except the two main leads, Charles Hayward and his fiance, Sophia Leonides. Charles, as the Leonides' future family member,...more Agatha Christie made a note in the first page of the book that Crooked House was one of her best writings and I agree, though I personally would not pick this as one of the top 10 from Christie's. The plot is ingenious; murders by poison (which I think is Christie's favourite method of murder) in a rich notable family of Leonides. Strange enough, I like all the characters, except the two main leads, Charles Hayward and his fiance, Sophia Leonides. Charles, as the Leonides' future family member, was assigned by his father, whom worked for the Scotland Yard, to do an inside investigation. Throughout the first few chapters, I found his character seemed to be a bit slow (no snooping around finding things or making any important movements) and not showing any eagerness to solve the case (I can only see his eagerness to quickly marry Sophia) and worse thing is that the whole story was told from Charles's POV, making it rather less exciting. But I would still rate this as a five-star worth plot.

A little bit of the story:
Charles came back to England, hoping to propose to Sophia, whom he met back in Cairo three years ago and found out that her grandfather had just passed away. Sophia insisted that her grandfather didn't die of natural illness (which was proved right later) and she wouldn't agree to his proposal until the case is solved. Suspicions quickly fell to Brenda, the young widow of Aristide Leonides (Sophia's grandfather). Every member of the Leonides had taken dislike to Brenda whom they believed had married a 70 something year old man for his money and accused her for murdering the old man. All of them wanted Brenda to be the murderess, yet, deep down in their own hearts, they felt that it wasn't her who did this ferocious act. But who, who could have done away the old man? He was not a tyrannical old man, in fact, he loved and supported everyone in the family, and yet he was murdered. Read the rest and be prepared to get shocked at the most unexpected conclusion of the story!(less)

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Jan 20, 2011 Nurul rated it 4 of 5 stars

Kata penulisnya (Agatha Christie) sih, ini salah satu buku favorit doi (yang berarti bahwa buku ini direkomendasikan oleh sang penulis sendiri), makanya saya penasaran juga. Setelah baca, memang sekitar 140 halaman pertama sempat bikin penasaran, tapi lepas dari itu, saya sudah bisa menebak siapa pembunuhnya dan buku ini menjadi tidak terlalu menarik lagi bagi saya untuk menyelesaikan 140 halaman sisanya (meski akhirnya saya selesaikan juga). Sebenarnya jika penerjemah tidak memilih "Buku Catata...more

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Apr 10, 2013 Neena rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: classic-mysteries

Having read Agatha Christie’s more than 40 books so for I can safely say Crooked House is one of my favourite top five among her books. The story is of one big happy family living together in grand mansion. The head of the family is 88-year-old Aristide Leonides, who is poisoned by one of the family member. Aristide’s granddaughter Sofia’s fiancé Charles put his head together with police to find out the identity of killer.

Agatha Christie is just amazing as an author in this book. The family rel...more

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Dec 18, 2012 Mónica Silva rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Desta vez o leitor não encontrará Poirot ou Miss Marple, tão adorados e estimados. No seu lugar surge um investigador amador, Charles Hayward que decide determinar quem causou a morte do avô da sua noiva. A estória é contada na primeira pessoa por Charles, permitindo uma visão intimista do quotidiano da família Leonides.

A estória assume os moldes habituais das obras de Christie: um leque de suspeitos limitado (neste caso a família Leonides...more

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Dec 03, 2011 Mary Gilligan-Nolan rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am re-reading Agatha Christie and enjoying doing so very much. I have to say, doing so after so many years, is quite a funny experience and reading these books now, directly from the period they were written gives me an even better appreciation of the author. The dialogue is to "jolly hockey sticks", but delightful. This story, Crooked House, is a really goood read and proves that you don't have to attempt being to complex with the plot to have a good story-line. The story goes that the narrat...more

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Feb 15, 2013 Faa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Crooked House was as crooked as it name. This is among Agatha's best books and I have to agree with her. The plot was muddy from the start, the list of suspects kept on changing and the motive for murder were many. Had it not be for our sweet Charles, the crime might gone unpunished or worst, concealed forever by the brilliant murderer in that sprawling somewhat odd mansion.

The murderer was creative, cunning, brilliant in deceiving people's perception and in executing each and every murders in...more

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Oct 28, 2012 William rated it 2 of 5 stars

I haven't read a Christie in years - decades even. I used to read them a lot as a teenager and there isn't many I haven't read - I've certainly read all the 'important' ones. Or so I thought...
I had been led to believe that Crooked House is one of her best - her favourite even. So I began to wonder why I had never read it and got it off the shelf.

After about a third in I began to be reminded why I gave up reading them. The action is non-existent and is just the usual series of questioning of sus...more

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Oct 08, 2011 Mersim rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: abandoned

Genre: Mystery
Date: 10/7/11
Page 7-17

I think this book is already weird because a guy named Charles meets a women named Sophia Leonides in Egypt toward the end of the war. They were both dining in Shepheard's place and he tells her he can not see her for a couple of year because he is getting back to England. When he comes back, he wants to marry Sophia. Charles was reading a article and it said that Sophia's grandfather died of old age. When Charles and Sophia meet at Mario's at nine oclock, So...more

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May 21, 2011 Benjamin rated it 5 of 5 stars

I have not read a Agatha Christie novel for some time, and was in the mood for a good mystery. I whipped through this book quickly, enjoying the characters and way that Agatha has in twisting the reader into the following the wrong clues. I guessed at what she was getting at, and solved the mystery early on, but enjoyed the way that she was able to resolve the ending. As a stand alone novel, it is a great piece of fiction, that does not get bogged down in details, and overly complex characters....more

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Aug 18, 2012 rabbitprincess rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Christie fans

Shelves: bibliotheque, agatha-christie, 2012

Charles Hayward has it pretty good. He survived the Second World War, is comfortably well-off, young and even has the prospect of marriage, with the lovely Sophia Leonides. But when Charles returns to England, he learns that Sophia's grandfather, noted businessman Aristide Leonides, has died. There's suspicion of foul play. Sophia does not want a shadow of doubt cast on her family as a result of the death, so she asks Charles to help find out the truth.

Agatha Christie herself said that Crooked H...more

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Jan 28, 2013 Mia Queen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, agatha-christie, bikin-sesak-nafas, catch-me-if-you-can, favorites, isn-t-it-ironic

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile. He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile. He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse. And they all lived together in a little crooked house.

Nursery rhymes yang misterius, gaya khas Agatha Christie. Crooked House telah diterjemahkan dengan judul Catatan Harian Josephine, beda makna namun tetap memiliki korelasi yang pas.

Review di bawah saya ambil dari halaman belakang Crooked House :

The Leonidas are one big happy family...more

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Aug 01, 2011 Mith rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: whodunit, absolutely-spiffing, agatha-christie, wishlist

OK, this book is CREEPY; not so much for the story, but for the identity of the murderer!

Story is set in a "crooked" little house called Three Gables, where lives a wealthy old man along with the rest of the tight-knit family, including a young, beautiful wife. He dies of poisoning under mysterious circumstances and everybody jumps to the conclusion that it must be the wife, and her assumed lover, who did him in. But did they? For, the entire family feels that these two might not have done it. B...more

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Sep 03, 2012 Nancy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, fiction

While recovering from an illness and listening to audiobooks, I have found my favorites have been Agatha Christie mysteries, although I am not really a big fan. They've been wonderful to listen to as I fall in and out of sleep. I think I would have grown impatient with this one if I had been reading the text, but it was perfect to fall asleep to, and I don't mean that in an uncomplimentary way. I had just the right amount of time on my hands and patience not to mind the detailed and at times rat...more

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Feb 17, 2013 Tracyk rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

Crooked House was published in 1949. The story is set following World War II. A couple that met in Egypt during the war has reunited in London. However, their plans to marry are interrupted by the death of her grandfather. This is a non-series book, not featuring Poirot or Miss Marple.

The story focuses on a family that is very close. Each is protective of the others, even though they may see each other's faults. Each member is strange, in their own way, and the introduction to each member of the...more

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Dec 09, 2011 Luke rated it 5 of 5 stars

This rocks. that's all I can say, no wonder Agatha Christie listed this as one of her favorite books that she wrote. The pace seemed slow and boring in some parts. The characters seemed flat and I didn't stick in my mind that Charles was the narrator. All this negativity but why did I rate it 5 stars? It's only because of one thing. The Ending. I can never describe how I almost did suicide after reading the ending. It was like being punched the face while getting shot through the heart. It was s...more

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Sep 30, 2010 Hana rated it 4 of 5 stars

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