Tell you quite a lot about the people who live in them.”Ĭrooked House lets us peek into the peculiar house of the Leonides where a mysterious death has taken place (which is how all of AG stories start, I’ve heard). Her writing is simple enough to follow along and her plots always, always keep you on your feet! I remember reading this on the train, and I almost missed my stop numerous times because I was too engrossed in the whole book! Nonetheless, I now understand why AG is so famous as a crime writer. This was a gift from a friend and whilst I wish I could have started with And Then There Were None as my first AG book, Crooked House is a good enough book. “I’ve never met a murderer who wasn’t vain… It’s their vanity that leads to their undoing, nine times out of ten.They may be frightened of being caught, but they can’t help strutting and boasting and usually they’re sure they’ve been far too clever to be caught.”Ĭrooked House happens to be my first Agatha Christie. I do miss blogging and bringing you loads of recommendations, so hopefully I’ll be back to blogging regularly starting this May 🙂 I’ve got a few book reviews up my sleeve!
Life has been hectic with so many personal and work commitments that I had to put reading, and blogging, on hold. I do apologize for the lack of posts for this blog. Why hello there! It has been way too long since I last reviewed here. And he’s certain that in a crooked house such as Three Gables, no one’s on the level… But criminologist Charles Hayward is casting his own doubts on the innocence of the entire Leonides brood. In fact, suspicion has already fallen on his luscious widow, a cunning beauty fifty years his junior, set to inherit a sizeable fortune, and rumored to be carrying on with a strapping young tutor comfortably ensconced in the family estate. In the sprawling, half-timbered mansion in the affluent suburb of Swinly Dean, Aristide Leonides lies dead from barbiturate poisoning.
Publication date: 1949 (Original Publication)īuy from Book Depository, MPH Online, Kinokuniya Malaysia
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