Tag Archives: mystery
75 in ’13: Murder on the Orient Express
For the forty-fifth book in the challenge, I read Murder on the Orient Express (Poirot #10) by Agatha Christie. What a classic! This book has always gotten more attention than her other books, and for good reason. This isn’t … Continue reading
75 in ’13: 813 (Arsene Lupin)
For the thirty-third book, I read 813 (Arsène Lupin #4) by Maurice Leblanc. Once again, the gentleman-thief Arsène Lupin is caught up in yet another mysterious mystery of shadowy affairs! But wasn’t that fellow dead after the affair of … Continue reading
75 in ’13: Rules of Prey
For the twenty-eighth book in the challenge, I read Rules of Prey by John Sandford, the first book in his Lucas Davenport series. I gave it four out of five stars. Lucas Davenport is a somewhat macho, somewhat eccentric, very … Continue reading
75 in ’13: Hercule Poirot’s Christmas
For the twenty-sixth book of the challenge, I read <a href=”http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16349.Hercule_Poirot_s_Christmas” target=”new”>Hercule Poirot’s Christmas</a>, by Agatha Christie. What happens when a dysfunctional family gets together at the house of their elderly, invalided, gleefully abusive patriarch for the holidays? It’s not … Continue reading
75 in ’13: Black Coffee
For the twenty-fifth book in the challenge, I read <a href=”http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16352.Black_Coffee” target=”new”>Black Coffee</a> by Agatha Christie. This is one of her Hercule Poirot books, and it actually started as a play. You can tell by the little things, when two … Continue reading
75 in ’13: The Hollow Needle
For the eighteenth book in the challenge, I read The Hollow Needle (L’aiguille Creuse) by Maurice Leblanc, supposedly the third(ish?) book in the Arsene Lupin series. (But we’ve been over the numbering system before.) I gave this one a solid … Continue reading
75 in ’13: Naked In Death
For the fifteenth book in the challenge, I read Naked In Death by J.D. Robb (or Nora Roberts, if you prefer), book one of the In Death series. Straight up, I gave it three stars out of five. I’m having … Continue reading
75 in ’13: The Seven Dials Mystery
For the thirteenth book in the challenge, I read <a href=”https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/483103.The_Seven_Dials_Mystery” target=”new”>The Seven Dials Mystery</a> by Agatha Christie. If you’re new to Christie’s books, I wouldn’t pick up this one first. It isn’t a very good representation of her … Continue reading
75 in ’13: The Sittaford Mystery
For the eleventh book in the challenge, I read The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie. This book has neither of her two most famous detectives, but instead relies on another young woman to try her amateur hand at detecting. Emily … Continue reading
The Cranky-Faced Knitter 