From the back cover: "For God's sake, come!" Unfortunately, by the time Hercule Poirot received Monsieur Renauld's urgent plea, the millionaire was already dead—stabbed in the back, lying in a freshly dug grave on the golf course of his adjoining Merlinville estate. There's no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son, who would have … [Read more...] about The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie: B
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Original Sin by P. D. James: B+
From the inside flappydoodle: Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of baffling complexity. A murder has taken place in the offices of the Peverell Press, a venerable London publishing house located in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames. The victim is Gerard Etienne, the brilliant but ruthless new managing director, who had vowed to … [Read more...] about Original Sin by P. D. James: B+
A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh: B
From the back cover: When Sir Hubert Handesley invited his well-to-do friends to his country estate for an amusing weekend, no one suspected it would turn into a deadly ordeal. But one of the participants in the supposedly playful Murder Game turns up dead... and Scotland Yard's inimitable Roderick Alleyn must find out who spoiled the fun. Review: I've seen Ngaio Marsh … [Read more...] about A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh: B
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: A
From the back cover: Jane Finn is Missing. Where is she? The mere mention of her name produced a very strange reaction all over London. So strange, in fact, that Tommy and Tuppence decided to find this mysterious missing lady. And once those two determined sleuths made up their minds, nothing could stop them—not international espionage, kidnapping—or even murder. Review: I … [Read more...] about The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: A
The Skull Beneath the Skin by P. D. James: A-
From the back cover: An intriguing assignment, Cordelia Gray thought, and not a particularly arduous one. The poison pen messages to Clarissa Lyle were to be stopped—or at least deflected—until after the performance of The Duchess of Malfi at Ambrose Gorringe's private theatre on Courcy Island. It soon becomes apparent however that Clarissa Lyle's enemy is on the island with … [Read more...] about The Skull Beneath the Skin by P. D. James: A-