A Potpourri of Opinions

  The Moving Finger Miss Marple #4 Agatha Christie Original Publication date: July 1, 1942  Released as an audiobook: July 3, 2012 by Harper Audio Genre: Mystery Rating: 2 🍷🍷 Summary:  (synopsis from Amazon)  Lymstock is a town with more than its share of shameful secrets - a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate mail causes only a minor stir. But all that changes when one of the recipients, Mrs. Symmington, commits suicide. Her final note says "I can’t go on", but Miss Marple questions the coroner's verdict of suicide. Soon nobody is sure of anyone - as secrets stop being shameful and start becoming deadly. (synopsis from Goodreads) 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 o...

  Partners In Crime (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries #2) Agatha Christie Orig. Pub. June 7, 1929 Genre: Mystery Rating: 3 🍷🍷🍷 Summary: Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are restless for adventure, so when they are asked to take over Blunt's International Detective Agency, they leap at the chance. Their first case is a success—the triumphant recovery of a pink pearl. Other cases soon follow—a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal columns of newspapers; and even a box of poisoned chocolates. But can they live up to their slogan of "Any case solved in 24 hours"? My thoughts: This is my first Tommy and Tuppence book and I enjoyed the refreshingly witty relationship that the two had. The overarching plot was that the two were posing as the owners of the Blunt's Detective Agency in order to assist Scotland Yard with apprehending Russian spies. During the course of their time at the agency they took on other cases to solve. With each case they atte...

  Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot #19) Agatha Christie Orig. Pub. date: Mar. 1, 1940 Genre: Mystery Rating: 3 🍷🍷🍷 Elinor Carlisle and Roddy Welman are the model English couple, perfect companions set for a life of ease when they inherit Aunt Laura's considerable fortune. But a poison pen letter begins a chain of events which is to end in tragedy. Convinced that Mary Gerrard, a childhood playmate of Elinor's, is attempting to ingratiate herself with her aunt for financial gain, the pair travel to the family home to investigate. They find no evidence but Roddy falls desperately in love with the beautiful Mary, little realising that beneath Elinor's restrained and unemotional exterior lies an almost obsessive passion for him. Elinor obeys her aunt's deathbed wish despite her heartbreak, and gives Mary a large bequest from the estate. But when Mary is found poisoned, the evidence against Elinor is damning. It's up to Hercule Poirot to find out if the case is as simple as...