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September 15 marks the birthday of the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie. The #readchristie2026 pick for September is Endless Night, a book Agatha Christie herself considered one of her best works, and it seems quite appropriate to post about it today. Endless Night is a difficult book to review without spoilers, because a lot of…
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To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second-hand the delights and dangers of adventure. Book review of The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie, book 1 in the Tommy and Tuppence series. You’ve probably heard of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, Agatha Christie’s two iconic sleuth characters. Tommy…
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Each one of you has something to hide. Come now, am I right? If you know Hercule Poirot, you know that he is right indeed. In The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, you’ll find a group of suspects who all have something to hide, who all have a motive for murder, and who all had the…
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“The place looked like an earthly paradise. With its sunshine, its sea, its coral reef, its music, its dancing, it seemed a Garden of Eden. But even in the Garden of Eden, there has been a shadow—the shadow of the Serpent” Miss Marple is vacationing on the Caribbean island of St. Honoré, courtesy of her…
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“The impossible cannot have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.” Combine the adventure of luxury travel with the claustrophobia of being snowed in and completely cut off from society, add twelve travellers and one Belgian detective, and you have the formula for one of Agatha Christie’s most famous novels. With…
