The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The first Miss Marple! Having spent the Christmas holidays playing Cluedo, I fancied an Agatha Christie murder mystery to listen to while I decorated my hallway. Loved the fact the murder was in the study (in the vicarage) with the pistol, but who did it? Typically I guessed wrong- and I was so sure…
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This week I was journeying on the Orient Express with Hercule Poirot. The train got stuck in a snow drift and there was this murder. More or less everyone was a suspect. But who did it? I am loving these crime classics that I am working my through. Poirot and Marple are timeless. Who doesn’t like a good whodunit?
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Sailed down the Nile with Poirot this weekend and got caught up in the shenanigans on the ship. Loved the twists and turns, the red herrings, colourful characters and ‘gentileness’ of 1937.
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was good. Had me looking up the ‘Ten Little Soldiers’ nursery rhyme to guess the murders. I am really loving rediscovering Agatha.This novel is based on the poem and the deaths of her characters directly reflect the circumstances of the rhyme:
Ten Little Soldier Boys went out to Dine, one choked his little self and then there were nine.
Nine Little Soldier Boys stayed up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight.
Eight Little Soldier Boys travelling in Devon; One said he’d stay there and then there were seven.
Seven Little Soldier Boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.
Six Little Soldier Boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.
Five Little Soldier Boys going through a door; One stubbed his toe and then there were four.
Four Little Soldier Boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.
Three Little Soldier Boys walking in the zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two.
Two Little Soldier Boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was One.
One Little Soldier Boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none.
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Haven’t read an Agatha Christie since I was eighteen. l listened to this on audio and thoroughly enjoyed getting re- acquainted with Miss Marple, the thoroughly English little old lady and hot shot sleuth, solving her murder mystery in the Caribbean. Chosen because I was in the Caribbean at the time- seemed appropriate.
Milly Space 