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The Sittaford Mystery

Agatha Christie

Start date: December 1, 2021

Finish date: December 31, 2021

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Why we're reading this: The last title in our Assorted Christies Challenge!
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Dec 30, 2021 Lady Wesley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Review of the audiobook narrated by Hugh Fraser

I had not read this book before, nor had I seen the television adaptation. As it turns out, The Sittaford Mystery is now one of my favorite Christie books. I loved the atmosphere, the characters, and the cleverness.

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Nov 17, 2021 Jill rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I had wondered if I had read this before, but I'm sure I would have remembered the main character if I had. Emily Trefusis is a character that would be hard to forget. She is the fiancée of a young man who is suspected and then arrested for the murder of Captain Trevelyan, but she insists that this couldn't possibly be true. She therefore decides to try to find out exactly what had happened. She moves down to the town where the murder has taken place, where she meets a newspaper journalist, befr ...more

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Apr 04, 2023 Laura Hannaway rated it really liked it

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Aug 28, 2019 Pranit rated it liked it

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A lot of things going on in this story and one keeps thinking who the real culprit is. However, due to the subdued explanation of the characters and their behaviour, in the end, it went from 4 stars to 3 stars.

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