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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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Jul 17, 2018 John rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: agatha-christie

After watching a recent tv adaptation a few months ago with a bizarre ending I decided to read the book. WTF the tv adaptation was awful. After reading the book where there is a completely different murderer which made sense. Dr. Calgary also is completely different as a character and in my view better.

Mary and Philip work better in the book as do the other characters Mickey, Tina, Hester and the wicked Jacko. The best thing about the tv adaptation was the house and background location. In term ...more

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Sep 17, 2017 John Frankham rated it liked it

Shelves: crime-detective

A stand-alone mystery, as described in the GR blurb below, in which the unravelling is all chat and no action. An interesting premise, and quite enjoyable. But Christie's psychological views about family relationships propounded through Calgary and one of the family are complete rubbish. Ho hum.

'Recovering from amnesia, Dr. Arthur Calgary discovers that he alone could have provided an alibi in a scandalous murder trial. It ended in the conviction of Jacko Argyle. The victim was Jacko's own mothe ...more

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Mar 14, 2019 Sahifa rated it liked it

Shelves: agatha-christie

An extremely average writeup according to Christie standards.The book starts very slow moves forward like a tortoise and speeds up suddenly in the last two chapters.The ending was rather interesting despite of a poor plotline. However I must confess that I did enjoy it thouroughly, primarily because its a Christie and secondly because of the climax. But still I will rather state that it can be avoided if you are not a hard-core Christie fan.

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