More Agatha

Being ordered to rest and 'do nothing' I believe that there will be many more Agatha Christie's post in the future...

14. SAD CYPRESS (Poirot)
Elinor would inherit a fortune after her aunt's death - unless maybe the aunt changed her will in the last moment giving everything to lovely Mary. When the aunt dies and Mary is found poisoned, Elinor is the prime suspect. But maybe the salmon sandwiches, served tea, broken glass and a rose tree tell a different story than only Poirot can solve.

Memorable quote:
-"To care passionately for another human creature brings always more sorrow than joy; but all the same, Elinor, one would not be without that experience. Anyone who has never really loved has never really lived..."

Favourite Guest Character: Mary Gerrard
Mystery: ***
Final Solution: ***
Entertainment: ***
9/15


13. DEAD MAN'S FOLLY (Poirot)
Ariadne Oliver organises a murder hunt that goes terribly wrong. A cousin arrives unannounced. A folly that was erected at an inappropriate location. There'll always be Folliats at Nasse House. Will say no more.

Memorable quotes:
-"You can't get away from facing truth just by running away from it."
-"Although a foreigner, I understand you are One of Us."
... brings back memories of Cambridge, when I was One of Them.

Favourite Guest Character: Etienne de Soussa
Mystery: ****
Final Solution: ***
Entertainment: ***
10/15


12. THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY (Miss Marple)
Colonel Bantry wakes up one morning with a dead platinum blonde in his library. The identity is established once an old guest of a neighbouring hotel reports a young show dancer missing. But there is another body found! Who could that be? Nosy Miss Marple solves the case by seeing what men do not notice and we learn that while plane crashes are dangerous, so can be adoptions.

Memorable quote:
-"Married people, I have noticed, quite enjoy their battles and the-er-appropriate reconciliations."

Favourite Guest Character: Hm... Raymond Starr?
Mystery: ****
Final Solution: **
Entertainment: **
8/15


11. THEY DO IT WITH MIRRORS (Miss Marple)
Miss Marple visits and old schoolfriend who runs a home for delinquent boys with her third husband. A row breaks out between the husband and his assistant - but the victim is actually someone else at the other end of the house! The beginning is interesting but it becomes quite obvious who the killer was quite early in the book. Besides, there are some unnecessary deaths and you have no idea what the title means until the very end of the book.

Favourite Guest Character: Gina, of course.
Mystery: ***
Final Solution: **
Entertainment: *
6/15