Format: Hardcover
Pages: 366 pages
Published: January 24, 2012
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Genre: Fiction & Literature, Mystery & Thrillers, Horror Continue reading “Book Review: Abigale Hall by Lauren A. Forry”
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 346 pages
Published: January 8, 2018
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Genre: Fiction & Literature, Mystery & Thrillers
Continue reading “Book Review: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen”
Format: Paperback
Pages: 410 pages
Published: August 1938
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genre: Fiction, Classics
Continue reading “Book Review: Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier”
Format: Paperback
Pages: 269 pages
Published: 1958
Publisher: Harper
Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Thriller
Continue reading “Book Review: Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie”
Format: Paperback
Pages: 182 pages
Published: November 28th 2006 (first published 1959)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers
Continue reading “Book Review: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson”
Format: Paperback
Pages: 672 pages
Published: February 27th 2003 (first published November 26th 1859)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers
Continue reading “Book Review: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins”
Format: Paperback
Pages: 214 pages
Published: 1952
Publisher: Harper
Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers
Synopsis:
Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in Stoneygates, a rehabilitation center for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when someone shoots at the administrator. Although he is not injured, a mysterious visitor is less fortunately shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building.
Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not, and must use all her cunning to solve the riddle of the stranger’s visit … and his murder.
Continue reading “Book Review: They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie”
Format: Paperback
Pages: 300 pages
Published: November 6, 1939
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Thriller
Synopsis:
“‘Ten . . .”
Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious “U.N. Owen.”
‘Nine . . .’
At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead.
‘Eight . . .’
Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one . . . one by one they begin to die.
‘Seven . . .’
Who among them is the killer and will any of them survive?”
Continue reading “Book Review: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie”
Format: Paperback
Pages: 297 pages
Published: April 12, 2011
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Genre: Fiction, Mystery & Thriller
Synopsis:
The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn are agog with curiosity when the Gazette advertises “A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.”
A childish practical joke? Or a spiteful hoax? Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, the locals arrive at Little Paddocks at the appointed time when, without warning, the lights go out anda gun is fired. When they come back on, a gruesome scene is revealed. An impossible crime? Only Miss Marple can unravel it.
You open a newspaper (let us be more relevant, most likely online) and you see that a murder has been announced! What do you do? If you are unsure, you are no different from the people of the quiet village of Chipping Cleghorn. They didn’t know what to make of this type of news but their curiosity was much greater than their fear. Lo and behold, a real murder does occur and only the legendary Miss Marple can crack the case.
Continue reading “Book Review: A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie”
Format: Paperback
Pages: 299 pages
Published: July 1942
Publisher: Harper Collins
Genre: Mystery, Fiction
Synopsis:
“The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna. But soon a series of vicious poison-pen letters destroys the village’s quiet charm, eventually causing one recipient to commit suicide. The vicar, the doctor, the servants—all are on the verge of accusing one another when help arrives from an unexpected quarter. The vicar’s houseguest happens to be none other than Jane Marple.”
Agatha Christie always continues to surprise me. Her changing writing style is an interesting take on the mystery novel writing. It means there is never a dull moment in Christie’s books and you never know what to expect in her stories! This book is no different. You’re in for a ride for this book of the series.
Continue reading “Book Review: The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie”
