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Sept 25: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) by Agatha Christie
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A fun book and one of my first non Poirot/Marple Agatha Christie’s for many years.
More tomorrow 👍🏼
It seems strange reading an Agatha Christie book, without Miss Marple's little cough from the corner of the room, or Poirot commenting on his little grey cells. Did I miss them, yes, but I also enjoyed this mystery and it was still so Agatha.
Starring the 4th son of a vicar, Bobby Jones and his childhood friend Lady Frances Derwent, this story commences on the links golf course where Bobby is playin ...more
More tomorrow 👍🏼
It seems strange reading an Agatha Christie book, without Miss Marple's little cough from the corner of the room, or Poirot commenting on his little grey cells. Did I miss them, yes, but I also enjoyed this mystery and it was still so Agatha.
Starring the 4th son of a vicar, Bobby Jones and his childhood friend Lady Frances Derwent, this story commences on the links golf course where Bobby is playin ...more
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An enjoyable light read. I love Agatha Christie but didn’t feel this was one of her best but I still enjoyed it nonetheless. Some nice plot twists. I found some early parts a little slow but was I was hooked into the last few chapters and couldn’t put it down before I finished it.
Aug 11, 2019
John Frankham
rated it
really liked it
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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
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
Well! Its nothing out of the box,no surprise-endings ,pretty predictable plot and nothing typical of Agatha Christie.
but ,still a christie!
this could be easily avoided if one is not a die-hard Christie Fan.
Very light and simple read.
Although the ending was quite predictable from the moment the characters were introduced,I still loved the "EVANS" part best. ...more
but ,still a christie!
this could be easily avoided if one is not a die-hard Christie Fan.
Very light and simple read.
Although the ending was quite predictable from the moment the characters were introduced,I still loved the "EVANS" part best. ...more
Nice quick read. Frankie and Bobby were a great pair of sleuths. The plot took lots of twists and turns with all sorts of identity swapping fun between the characters. The mystery had a satisfying conclusion as did the novel as a whole.
Mar 19, 2016
Marylou (As the Page Turns)
marked it as someday-ill-read-ya
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