Passenger to Frankfurt - Agatha Christie

Ordeal by Innocence - Agatha Christie

Express, and the two TV series starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple and David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. Ordeal by Innocence was published in 1958 and was Agatha Christie's 59th novel. It's one of her few books not to feature any of her recurring characters such as Poirot or Colonel Race. It's 1958, and Jacko Argyle is arrested for brutally bludgeoning his mother to death at home with a poker. Shortly after being sentenced to life imprisonment, he dies of pneumonia. The family, who were also at home at the time of the murder, are shaken, but don't doubt his guilt. Jacko's claims of an alibi at the time were never corrobated. Until, two years ...

Ordeal by Innocence - Agatha Christie

Express, and the two TV series starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple and David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. Ordeal by Innocence was published in 1958 and was Agatha Christie's 59th novel. It's one of her few books not to feature any of her recurring characters such as Poirot or Colonel Race. It's 1958, and Jacko Argyle is arrested for brutally bludgeoning his mother to death at home with a poker. Shortly after being sentenced to life imprisonment, he dies of pneumonia. The family, who were also at home at the time of the murder, are shaken, but don't doubt his guilt. Jacko's claims of an alibi at the time were never corrobated. Until, two years ...

4:50 from Paddington - Agatha Christie

However many times I read this book, it still has something to offer. Agatha Christie's era IS the 1920s-1940s and this epitomises a bygone era beautifully. And to think that murder used to happen in the "good old days" too. The stage is set perfectly and as Miss Marple's friend Elizabeth witnessed the murder, we know that it has happened, but when the police can find no evidence, Miss Marple swings into action. Even though she is not the central figure doing the investigating, it is without doubt a Miss Marple mystery and although the love interest bit gets in the way, this is one of Agatha Christie's best. The character types ar easily ...

4:50 from Paddington - Agatha Christie

However many times I read this book, it still has something to offer. Agatha Christie's era IS the 1920s-1940s and this epitomises a bygone era beautifully. And to think that murder used to happen in the "good old days" too. The stage is set perfectly and as Miss Marple's friend Elizabeth witnessed the murder, we know that it has happened, but when the police can find no evidence, Miss Marple swings into action. Even though she is not the central figure doing the investigating, it is without doubt a Miss Marple mystery and although the love interest bit gets in the way, this is one of Agatha Christie's best. The character types ar easily ...

4:50 from Paddington - Agatha Christie

I am a big fan of Agatha Christie, and believe that the Miss Marple series is superior to the Poirot stories. Both are great, but I find that the Miss Marple mysteries are just as good but often with a far better story as well. I find that the rather more mundane setting usually leads to a far better tale, often more believable than Poirot's high-class cases. 4.50 From Paddington is just one of these Miss Marple mysteries. Just for the uninitiated, Miss Marple is an elderly English spinster whose apparently sheltered life in a quiet village has given her an incisive knowledge of human nature. In this particular puzzle, a friend of Miss Marple's sees, as she ...

4:50 from Paddington - Agatha Christie

I am a big fan of Agatha Christie, and believe that the Miss Marple series is superior to the Poirot stories. Both are great, but I find that the Miss Marple mysteries are just as good but often with a far better story as well. I find that the rather more mundane setting usually leads to a far better tale, often more believable than Poirot's high-class cases. 4.50 From Paddington is just one of these Miss Marple mysteries. Just for the uninitiated, Miss Marple is an elderly English spinster whose apparently sheltered life in a quiet village has given her an incisive knowledge of human nature. In this particular puzzle, a friend of Miss Marple's sees, as she ...