I recently took a quick trip down to London to see Agatha Christie's the Mousetrap. As a huge Agatha Christie fan this was a real bucket list item for me. And it was fantastic. This year is the 70th year of the Mousetrap being preformed in the Westend. It began at the Ambassadors Theatre in…
Title: Murder in the MewsAuthor: Agatha ChristieSeries: Hercule Poirot #16 3.5 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: How did a woman holding a pistol in her right hand shoot herself in the left temple? What was the link between a ghost sighting and the disappearance of top secret military plans? These are just two of the questions…
Title: A Pocket full of RyeAuthor: Agatha ChristieSeries: Ms Marple #7 3 stars ★★★ From Goodreads: A handful of grain is found in the pocket of a murdered businessman! Let us explain. Rex Fortescue, king of a financial empire, was sipping tea in his 'counting house' office when he suffered a sudden and agonising death.…
Title: Dumb WitnessAuthor: Agatha ChristieSeries: Hercule Poirot #17 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: Everyone blamed Emily Arundell’s accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs at her home in Market Basing by her frisky terrier, Bob. But the more she thought about her fall, the more convinced she became that one of her relatives…
Title: Death on the NileAuthor: Agatha Christie Series: Hercule Poirot #18 5 stars ★★★★★ From Goodreads: Agatha Christie's most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery…
Title: The ABC MurdersAuthor: Agatha ChristieSeries: Hercule Poirot #13 5 stars ★★★★★ From Goodreads: There’s a serial killer on the loose, working his way through the alphabet and the whole country is in a state of panic. A is for Mrs. Ascher in Andover, B is for Betty Barnard in Bexhill, C is for Sir…
Title: A Murder is Announced Author: Agatha ChrsiteSeries: Ms Marple #5 4 stars ★★★★ From Goodreads: The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.’…
Title: The Christie AffairAuthor: Nina De GramontNarrator: Lucy ScottRelease Date: 20/1/22E.S.C.A.P.E Score: 30(see below for breakdown) 3 stars ★★★ I received a free eARC copy from Macmillian Audio UK and Mantle Books ,via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own. From Goodreads: In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days.…
In 2021 I relaunched my Agatha Christie Project aiming to read all 66 of Christie's Mysteries. I also aimed to mini review them all and compile them all on my Agatha Christie Project page to track progress. I decided to restart this project in 2021 as I joined a Poirot buddy read that aimed to…
Trying something a little different with today's post. I have plans for my bookish goals in 2022 particularly to do with my backlist TBR. I will be writing a post early in the new year about that. But as a start to tracking the books I am bringing in and adding to my ever growing…
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