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As much as I love Poirot and Marple, it is refreshing to read stories without them. Somehow I feel Christie is "freer" in these. The Secret of Chimneys is one of my favourites and it was with pleasure that I followed Bundle's adventures once more. She is a brilliant character, and her conversations with her father, Lord Caterham, are hilarious! Actually, most of the dialogues are highly entertaining. A lot of "I say!" and such. There is a very Wodehouse-esque feel to many of the scenes. Even wit
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Secret societies, espionage, suspicious deaths, dark deeds in libraries.... This Christie has a number of fun elements, however, I never really got a good sense of what the plot was. I kept smirking at the antics of the upper-class twits and their blundering around country homes*, attempting to figure out who the Seven Dials society was.
* Lady Ellen had her moments (though I wanted to shake her for her initial insistence on a servant as criminal, because, of course, someone amongst her class cou ...more
* Lady Ellen had her moments (though I wanted to shake her for her initial insistence on a servant as criminal, because, of course, someone amongst her class cou ...more
3.5 stars
2.5 stars.
Lord Caterham is such a great character. I find it amusing how he's constantly trying to get out of talking to people. Sometimes even avoiding his own daughter Bundle.
The twist at the end of this mystery was great. Nothing turned out like I guessed it would. ...more
The twist at the end of this mystery was great. Nothing turned out like I guessed it would. ...more
Jul 11, 2014
Candace
marked it as to-read
Aug 15, 2019
Ashley Hart
marked it as to-read
