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Crooked House

Agatha Christie

Start date: September 1, 2021

Finish date: September 30, 2021

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Sep 03, 2015 BrokenTune rated it really liked it

Shelves: reviewed

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

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May 06, 2018 Marina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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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

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Sep 26, 2017 John Frankham rated it really liked it

Shelves: crime-detective

I enjoyed this tight and claustrophobic whodunit - I actually guessed the murderer, but without any reasons!

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Crooked House

by Agatha Christie

3.98 · Rating details · 20,584 Ratings · 1,330 Reviews

'In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning. An accident? Not likely. In fact, susp ...more

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Oct 27, 2017 Sandy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: rread-2017, mystery-classic, mystery-detective-grp, zchristie-challenge-2021, rread-2021

Perhaps my favorite Christie so far (this could change of course). Small criticisms: I would have loved to meet the victim and to have the victim meet the narrator. Second, the reader (or a least this one) never feels that the romantic interests actually care for each other.

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