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Oct 25: A Murder Is Announced (1950) by Agatha Christie
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Mar 28, 2018
Bronwyn
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really liked it
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Really well done. I didn't see that coming at all.
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Yet another Agatha Christie I had never read. This one is really hard to review, as I don’t want to give away any spoilers.
Written in 1967, this is one of Christie’s standalone mysteries, sans Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, or really any detective. More of a psychological thriller, really; a rather restless young man comes under the spell of Gypsy’s Acre, a remote spot in the English countryside. He sees a young woman there, amongst the trees - they begin dating, fall in love and marry. The who ...more
Written in 1967, this is one of Christie’s standalone mysteries, sans Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, or really any detective. More of a psychological thriller, really; a rather restless young man comes under the spell of Gypsy’s Acre, a remote spot in the English countryside. He sees a young woman there, amongst the trees - they begin dating, fall in love and marry. The who ...more
A stand-alone book by Agatha Christie. A quite different type of book.
Lower class, somewhat drifter, Michael Rogers marries wealthy heiress Ellie Guteman. They build their dream home on land that is supposed to be cursed. Anything else I write would be a spoiler.
The title comes from William Blake's Auguries of Innocence:
"Every night and every morn,
Some to misery are born,
Every morn and every night,
Some are born to sweet delight.
Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night." ...more
Lower class, somewhat drifter, Michael Rogers marries wealthy heiress Ellie Guteman. They build their dream home on land that is supposed to be cursed. Anything else I write would be a spoiler.
The title comes from William Blake's Auguries of Innocence:
"Every night and every morn,
Some to misery are born,
Every morn and every night,
Some are born to sweet delight.
Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night." ...more
O-O (Shocked face)
I suspected once or twice, but then...
I suspected once or twice, but then...
This was a pretty good book, but not a fabulous one. A LOT of what seems to be introductory material and you only find out later it is part of the mystery. That was rather sneaky on Christie's part. Worthy of a read, this was one of her later books. I listened to the audiobook and Hugh Fraser does an excellent job. Very comfortable listen.
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Aubree Goodlad
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Helen (read247_instyle_inca)
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Oct 02, 2021
Judy
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it was ok
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Sep 06, 2022
Lillian
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Sep 13, 2023
Karigan
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