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I'm on a bit of an Agatha Christie kick lately. I'm reading quite a lot of military history/strategy/doctrine right now for Air War College (unfortunately the twelve 400-page books don't have ISBNs, so I'm not posting them here). So I'm in need of some quick reads that are more entertaining than brain drains. And Dame Agatha is always good for a good, entertaining mystery. I may follow Laurel and continue reading through her collected works, in effect, "A Year of Agatha." Though I've read many o
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Still one of my favorites. Full of men who can't possibly be that stupid, and then are. Bundle is one of my favorites, she's very similar to Tuppence in that she isn't as sweet as some Christie heroines. This newer edition from my library has a forward about the lack of political correctness and where it fits in the mindset of her time, but I don't think this one is all that bad, comparatively. The throwaway lines are just as bad, but in particulars it's better than The Secret of Chimneys. A lit
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This is one of a short trilogy the first and second of which taking place of a famous country estate called Chimneys. They feature Superintendent Battle and a coterie of 'bright young things' ei. young English men and women in their twenties from the wealthier classes who work desultorily at their jobs in the city or at the Foreign office and who call all the friends by nicknames they picked up in their youth like Socks or Pongo. These are usually headed by Bundle Brett who is the daughter of th
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Sep 06, 2016
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The Seven Dials Mystery - Agatha Christie
Audio performance by Emilia Fox ( a 2 star performance)
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This is an English country house mystery that is clearly more of a comedy of manners. I kept expecting Jeeves and Wooster to make an appearance. It was fun, with the usual ‘I never would have guessed that’ Agatha Christie plot twist.
I do like Superintendent Battle, but I missed Poirot. I especially missed Hugh Fraser when I realized that for the second time I’d been misled by an audio sam ...more
This was a sequel to the Secret of Chimneys, which I enjoyed. This was a very fun mystery, and I was surprised at the reveal. I love the strong, chippy female characters Christie creates.
Mar 18, 2008
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Have you ever thought up a practical joke to play on someone and then had it go spectacularly wrong? Well that's how the story starts out. Gerry loves to sleep in. So his friends play a joke on him while they are at a large home visiting. They buy alarm clocks and each of them puts one in his room, for a total of 8. But even that doesn't wake him up! He is discovered dead! And the mystery continues. It gets tied up with espionage. Inspector Battle is who solves the mystery.
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