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Why Didn't They Ask Evans

Agatha Christie

Start date: January 1, 2021

Finish date: January 31, 2021

Discussion: Group Challenges

Why we're reading this: First title in our new Assorted Christies challenge for 2021
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Jan 01, 2021 Jill rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: agatha-christie, jill-s-seventh-years-aty-challenge

As much as I do love Christie's books, I did find this to be not one of her best. I believe she wrote this pretty early on, and that would explain why it felt so unpolished, unlike the books where she had got into her stride. There is quite a bit of action in this book, but poor Bobby and Frankie did seem a bit dim at times. The plot was complicated, but the coincidences were far-fetched. A good read but not a great one ...more

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Aug 11, 2019 John Frankham rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: crime-detective

An enjoyable Non-Poirot, non-Miss Marple Agatha Christie whodunit. A good, amusing, semi-adventure story basis, similar to a Tommy and Tuppence story.

Good plot, ingenious solution, a real page-Turner.

The GR blurb:

'Was it a misstep that sent a handsome stranger plummeting to his death from a cliff? Or something more sinister? Fun-loving adventurers Bobby Jones and Frances Derwent's suspicions are certainly roused--espeically since the man's dying words were so peculiar: Why didn't they ask Evans? ...more

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Feb 05, 2023 Paulina Schweitzer rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-christie-2022

I started this last year for the Read Christie 2022, but never finished it. Re read it and what a fun bunch of twists and turns! This might be my first stand alone of Christie’s and I loved it!

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