As expected, this was a lot of fun. Going into this, I knew this was a well-loved Christie mystery, but I didn't know much more than that. This is a great head-scratcher because you feel like you're trying just as hard as Poirot to work out what's going on, but it's so damn confounding.
This was phenomenal! I don't even think I have the words to express how much I loved this. I went into it knowing it was one of Christie's most famous and well-loved books, but even then, my expectations were thoroughly surpassed.
Richard Osman does it again in this final instalment of the Thursday Murder Club. I was somewhat nervous going into this, because a final book means he could kill off whoever he wanted - and I was still feeling emotionally scarred from the rollercoaster that was book four.
This was what it said on the tin: a cute, fun, Golden Age cosy crime. Set in 1941 in London and surrounds, this follows two main characters who are unhappily lumped together to puzzle out a case. This was the perfect curl-up-on-the-couch-with-a-cuppa sort of book.
So the hype was 100% true and this is probably the best thing you're going to read for a long, long time. To say I'm obsessed would definitely be an understatement.
This was unexpectedly spectacular?! I had [WRONGLY] assumed this book was cruising purely on baffling TikTok hype, but this is actually exceptional.
【 MURDER IN THE MEWS 】 ★★★★ This was half good, and half eh. Genre: Mystery, CrimeAuthor: Agatha ChristiePublished: March 1937Publisher: HarperCollinsPages: 378 (paperback) Murder in the Mews is a collection of four stories (which I didn't realise at first) and I really enjoyed two of the stories, but could have gone without the other two. … Continue reading Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie | Book Review
【 SLEEPING MURDER 】 ★★★★★ I thought I guessed that one, but Agatha Christie got me again! Genre: Mystery, CrimeAuthor: Agatha ChristiePublished: March 1976Publisher: HarperCollinsPages: 303 (paperback) This was so much fun. I knew early on that this was going to be a favourite Christie of mine. I've only read a couple of Marples (in … Continue reading Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie | Book Review
【 MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS 】 ★★★★★ A thrillingly fun mystery. Genre: Mystery, CrimeAuthor: Agatha ChristiePublished: January 1934Publisher: HarperCollinsPages: 346 (paperback) I'm a great admirer of Agatha Christie's writing and I was well overdue to read Murder on the Orient Express, indisputably one of her more popular stories. The fun part about this was that … Continue reading Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie | Book Review
【 EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE 】 ★★★★★ Agatha Christie has taken a bow, and Benjamin Stevenson has stepped on stage. Genre: MysteryAuthor: Benjamin StevensonPublished: March 2022Publisher: Penguin Random HousePages: 384 (paperback) Massive thank you to Penguin for a copy for review Sign me up for every book that Stevenson writes from this … Continue reading Whodunnit in Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone | Book Review
