Yes, I was in the mood for some crime solving so I followed the No 1 Detective agency series with Agatha Christie. There is no denying that she was the queen of crime. But what struck me in this book is her love for food. Don't believe me? See the title :)
There are 6 stories in this book
1) The adventure of the Christmas pudding - and the pudding is the key from start to end in this story
2) Mystery of the Spanish Chest - Very gory
3) The Under dog - Use of Hypnosis kinda put me off...perhaps am too old for these things
4) Four and Twenty Blackbirds - this one is based entirely on the dead man's eating habits
5) The dream and - Very twisted but cleverly done
6) Greenshaw's folly - Extremely twisted again
The first 5 are solved my Hercule M Poirot, the short Belgian man who can be charming with the ladies and solve the most complicated crimes with equal ease. The last one is for Miss Marple to solve. She doesn't even see the site of crime before solving the case!
I love Christie's writing. There is the quintessential English world that opens up here including the love for puddings and "being proper" The crimes themselves aren't very difficult to solve what with we being exposed to all kinds of crime stories both in the real world and on celluloid and TV. But a joy nevertheless.
BTW did you know she also wrote Romance genre by the name Mary Westmacott?
My Rating: 3 on 5
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