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One of Agatha Christie's exciting adventure novels, with one of her young adventuress heroines coming through her troubles in England and South Africa to solve the mystery of the death of the man in the London tube station.
A cross between John Buchan and a normal Agatha Christie? Good, fast-paced fun, with lots of plot twists. ...more
A cross between John Buchan and a normal Agatha Christie? Good, fast-paced fun, with lots of plot twists. ...more
The book had been in my wish-list since long and I am glad I finished it.
however ,I am not really very pleased with Dame Agatha Christie this time.
not only that the ending was predictable and there was not much of plot twists but also it was kind of unbelievable.
I mean people like Marple and Poirot sleuthing around is one thing,but for an orphan young girl to snoop around in a strange country with lots of villians all around was kind of indigestable for me.
the plot seemed fully impractical.
I tho ...more
however ,I am not really very pleased with Dame Agatha Christie this time.
not only that the ending was predictable and there was not much of plot twists but also it was kind of unbelievable.
I mean people like Marple and Poirot sleuthing around is one thing,but for an orphan young girl to snoop around in a strange country with lots of villians all around was kind of indigestable for me.
the plot seemed fully impractical.
I tho ...more
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