Book #363 of 2021: Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie (Colonel Race #4) This 1945 novel, also published under the name Remembered Death, is the fourth and final appearance of Colonel Race, after a previous book where he stands alone like this and two that he shares with his friend Hercule Poirot. As a character he’s …
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Book #206 of 2021: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #17) This is one of the better entries in the series, I think, close in spirit to its famous sister volume Murder on the Orient Express, which likewise finds detective Hercule Poirot stumbling upon a deadly plot in a confined space whilst …
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Book #166 of 2021: Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot #15) Four detectives attend a dinner party thrown by a man bragging that he will also invite four murderers he knows who have gotten away with their crimes. At the end of the night, the host himself is dead and the investigators …
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Book #108 of 2016: The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie (Colonel Race #1) A fun, droll adventure elevated by the wit of its plucky heroine. Agatha Christie’s thrillers aren’t as beloved as her mysteries, but the author’s intricate plots with their well-disguised twists are just as enjoyable in this format. (This particular …
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