‘Patriotic Murders’ (1940) is both political and personal
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): It’s perhaps unavoidably complex, but this is one of Agatha Christie’s stronger political/espionage novels.
Agatha Christie
‘Patriotic Murders’ (1940) is both political and personal
‘Appointment with Death’ (1938) probes unhappy family
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Agatha Christie lets the reader play psychologist, as nearly every member of the Boynton family has a motive to murder.
Christie delivers variety in ‘Regatta Mystery’ (1939)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Poirot and Christie’s other top detectives trade the stage in this excellent collection of nine short stories.
Christie tries novella form in ‘Dead Man’s Mirror’ (1937)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): I enjoyed all four of these Poirot yarns from Agatha Christie. The last two have particularly satisfying endings.
Poirot, dog sniff out Christie’s ‘Dumb Witness’ (1937)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): The Belgian detective’s sense of justice stands out in this Agatha Christie novel.
‘Cards on the Table’ (1936) shows closed-room mystery mastery
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Agatha Christie’s closed-room mystery had me guessing till the end about which of the four suspects did it.
Poirot all business in ‘Murder in Mesopotamia’ (1936)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): You could hand this Agatha Christie novel to a newbie and say “This is the template for a Poirot mystery.”
Poirot airs his theories in ‘Death in the Clouds’ (1935)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Agatha Christie tries a new riff on the closed-room mystery with a closed-cabin mystery.
Christie gets theatrical in ‘Murder in Three Acts’ (1935)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): This novel doesn’t have the strictest three-act structure, but it does tap into the notion of life as a performance.
Christie expands sleuth roster with ‘Parker Pyne Investigates’ (1934)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Christie struggles to come up with the right word for Pyne’s job. He’s like a life coach, except you pay by the situation.