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Ordeal by Innocence

Agatha Christie

Start date: March 1, 2021

Finish date: March 31, 2021

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Why we're reading this: Next in our Assorted Christies challenge for 2021.
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May 15, 2019 Marina rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I hate to say this but I'm feeling quite disappointed with this book.

The premise really got me excited and intrigued but it might be the only thing I like about it. A mother/wife was murdered and one of her adopted sons, Jacko Argyle who eventually died while serving his sentence. Two years too late came Arthur Calgary and he provided and alibi for Jacko which proves that Jacko definitely didn't commit the murder. So, who did it?

In true Agatha Christie fashion, there are several suspect which ...more

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Feb 28, 2021 Jill rated it really liked it

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A stand- alone mystery from Christie, involving the murder of wealthy mother of five adopted children. One of this woman's sons has been accused and found guilty of the murder, and has subsequently died in prison from pneumonia. The weakness of this son's defense, is that his alibi for the time of the murder has never had any proof to back it up. The book starts with the key to this son's alibi, a man who had given him a lift at the time of the murder, has turned up, explaining that an accident ...more

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Dec 04, 2017 Pages rated it it was amazing

This was brilliant. Such a joy to ‘audibly’ read. It was really well narrated by Hugh Fraser. A perfect Christie mystery that keeps you gripped. All the little complexities of the characters and weaving the plot so cleverly right to the finish line.

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Dec 24, 2020 Becky rated it really liked it

It could have been better. I have a feeling she rushed a bit. Also she played with these ideas of race, adoption and what a background can do to a person growing up but she didn't dare to develop much and the solution fell flat. ...more

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