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Sept 25: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) by Agatha Christie
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There was a crooked man
and he went a crooked mile.
He found a crooked sixpence
beside a crooked stile.
He had a crooked cat
which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together
in a little crooked house.
Crooked House is a stand-alone novel. I.e. it does not feature any of Christie's established sleuths (Marple, Poirot, Tommy & Tuppence, etc.).
The story tells of a young couple, Charles and Sophia, who decide to postpone any decisions on getting married until after the war. Once the time has come ...more
and he went a crooked mile.
He found a crooked sixpence
beside a crooked stile.
He had a crooked cat
which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all lived together
in a little crooked house.
Crooked House is a stand-alone novel. I.e. it does not feature any of Christie's established sleuths (Marple, Poirot, Tommy & Tuppence, etc.).
The story tells of a young couple, Charles and Sophia, who decide to postpone any decisions on getting married until after the war. Once the time has come ...more
Funnily enough, I am actually finding it quite hard write a review for this one. So I'll just say this.
Minus the rather bland narrator, this was an absolute joy to read. It just kept going uphill with every page you turned until the very end. This is going to be in my top reads list for this year by far.
kind-of full review on my blog ;) ...more
Minus the rather bland narrator, this was an absolute joy to read. It just kept going uphill with every page you turned until the very end. This is going to be in my top reads list for this year by far.
kind-of full review on my blog ;) ...more
Entertaining
In a large mansion lives the Leonides family. That is until someone murders the patriarch of the family.
Interesting, well thought out story. Really didn't care for the ending. ...more
Interesting, well thought out story. Really didn't care for the ending. ...more
I have read this before, a long time ago, but think it is probably one of my favourite Christie books. It has all the Christie elements with a satisfactory ending.
Oct 16, 2014
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Sep 30, 2016
Abdallah Naeefy
marked it as to-read
Oct 30, 2016
Thomas
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Sep 22, 2017
Rachel Burke
marked it as want-to-buy
Jan 04, 2019
Keith
marked it as to-read
May 01, 2021
Jazzy Lemon
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it was amazing
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Aug 11, 2023
Layton
marked it as to-read
