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

Piyangie’s comments from the Reading the Detectives group.

I was entertained highly by guest overhearing things and Inspector Kendall, knowing this as a fact, relying on them for information on each other and their whereabouts.

The female crime authors were generally satirized in all these detective fictions I feel. Agatha Christie is no better. I thought she did with Ariadne Oliver what exactly Farjeon does here with Edyth Fermoy-Jones.

Read and finished. This is my first reading of the author so didn't know what to expect, but overall this was a fun read. I enjoyed the satire, perhaps more than the mystery. I also liked the amateur sleuths doing a bit of detective work and assisting the police.

I felt that Inspector Kendall was given less prominence in the story although many chapters were devoted to his interrogations.

Of the characters, I liked Anne, John, Taverley and Nadine. But as many have expressed here I too don't think a union between Nadine and John would be wise. In my opinion, they are quite ill-suited.

I'll be joining in a day or two. This is my first group read too.

Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James.

I'll be joining in too. I haven't read any of the chosen ones. Thank you.

Lady Clementina wrote: "I've been revisiting Christie lately, most recently The Mystery of the Blue Train, great fun, though not the best of her puzzles."

I agree that the The Mystery of the Blue Train is not one of her best. It was the one book of her early works that I didn't like.

This is one of the best in the Poirot series. It was for me. :) I read it a month or so back and it took me quite by surprise. I hope those who are reading will enjoy it. I can well recommend it.

Thank you, Susan and Trisha. I'll be starting with the first in the series very soon. Found audiobooks of all twelve! :)

I recently joined the group. I've so wanted to read Adam Dalgliesh series for a long time, but somehow it didn't get started. This reading challenge will help me to make the start.