Piyangie’s Comments (group member since May 03, 2020)

Piyangie’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

Robin wrote: "I like the main character, although he is remarkably obtuse - did he really think that finding a character innocent would not have a dramatic impact on the remaining family? Possibly his enthusiasm to find a person innocent clouded his view?..."

I think that's exactly what happened, Robin. In Arthur's haste and enthusiasm to clear Jacko Argyle, he didn't stop to think about the repercussions of his actions.

I guessed the culprit right. But I admit, there were clever twists to conceal who it was. I just thought it was pretty obvious, but judging by all the comments, I've been overconfident.

This didn't really work for me. I wonder whether having read Agatha Christie for years that I'm getting a bit tired now.

I've read about one third. Can't form an opinion yet, but so far engaing enough.

I'm about to read Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie

I guessed who Mr. Brown is when Rita died. Julius was out for me because I was convinced it has to be a seasoned man. I couldn't however figure out what the important document was. Anyone figured that out

Reading The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie.

I read this and thought that it fell back to her repetitive style. As many of you've observed, it was a bit tiring, listening to Kate's "humble beginning". Like Judy, I too thought the romantic liaison between Kate and Pierce quite interesting. But overall, the story didn't live up to my expectations.

Reading The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie presently.

A different structure in detective fiction than I'm used to, but, I'm enjoying the read so far. I find it even hilarious. Out of the solutions, the one rendered by Roger Sherringham is the most interesting. I entertain the same suspicion.

I'll be starting this tonight - my first detective fiction for the year. :) I've not read this author before, and that makes it all the more interesting since I don't know what to expect.

Judy wrote: "Great to be back with Christie for our new challenge! I'm listening to this one on audiobook, read by Emilia Fox, and am really enjoying it so far."

I also did the audiobook read by Emilia Fox. It was fun to listen to her.

Happy New Year to everyone! I'll be joining in once I'm clear of my present reads.

I've not read any of those chosen for the challenge, so I'm pretty excited. I've already read the first one, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, and enjoyed it.

I'm reading The Lighthouse by P.D. James at present. Once finished, want to proceed to The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley.

Indeneri wrote: "Judy wrote: "I'm only 55% of the way through, so this may be something that will be explained later, but I'm puzzled by Brand thinking he can still cash his father's cheque.

I've just searched for..."

That's an interesting possibility, Indeneri. It never crossed my mind. Brand had fought ruthlessly to get what he wanted, so it is questionable whether he was ready to give it all up by committing suicide.

Finished reading Fire in the Thatch: A Devon Mystery. It was good, but I felt it could have been better. So far from what I've read, Murder by Matchlight is my favourite.

I agree with Robin and Jessica that the later books in the series are poor in standard when compared with the wonderfully plotted earlier ones.

This specific book was very disappointing. Either Agatha Christie has run out of ideas, or, she has simply taken things lightly since it is almost the tail end.

I agree with you all about her writing. It's really good. If not for the plot structure, even with the unpleasant characters, I would have liked it more. I also was disappointed with the brief appearance detective Ross. He sounded interesting and I thought he would've been the one to catch Brand and not Miles.

Judy wrote: "I've read 25% now and am finding it a bit boring at the moment - I agree it is slowed down with a lot of detail. Hoping that something dramatic will happen soon."

It was the same with me until the first crime was committed. I thought I'm not going to like it. But after the crime, things picked up.

I read it last month and didn't like it. The story was pretty sloppy. Too many borrowed ideas from her previous books (Poirot being called to investigate a crime of the past, a girl wanting to find out whether her parents were guilty of murder before consenting to marry, which were very similar to Five Little Pigs, and the wigs and disguises like in the Third Girl) are thrown together with nothing original about it. The only thing I enjoyed was Ariadne Oliver and her antics.