Post by Monica Lynn on Jul 8, 2009 11:06:04 GMT -5
I just finished this book late last night. I enjoyed the book. The main characters are Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. They are an elderly couple that have solved mysteries in the past. This is the first book I have read by Agatha Christie with Tommy and Tuppence.
I found the couple very entertaining with the style of speech and the way they interacted with each other. Some times they were able to finish each others thoughts or were confused by what the other was saying. That made me think of most elderly couples even if they haven't been a couple for long.
Tommy and Tuppence have purchased a house. The house is very old and has had many names such as: The Laurels and The Swallows Nest.
Tuppence is organizing books that they purchased along with the house. The books are old and she fondly remembers reading some of them when she was a youngster.
As she is looking through one of the books she comes across a cryptic message that was left in the book. The message is left by certain letters being underlined in the book. The message read: Mary Jordan did not die naturally. It was one of us. I think I know which one. That starts the ball rolling on this wonderfully entertaining story.
I found myself trying to figure out who had done it from the beginning even though most of the people from that time period were most likely dead. I enjoyed learning about the people that had owned the house before plus those that had lived in the neighborhood before.
4 out of 5 stars
I found the couple very entertaining with the style of speech and the way they interacted with each other. Some times they were able to finish each others thoughts or were confused by what the other was saying. That made me think of most elderly couples even if they haven't been a couple for long.
Tommy and Tuppence have purchased a house. The house is very old and has had many names such as: The Laurels and The Swallows Nest.
Tuppence is organizing books that they purchased along with the house. The books are old and she fondly remembers reading some of them when she was a youngster.
As she is looking through one of the books she comes across a cryptic message that was left in the book. The message is left by certain letters being underlined in the book. The message read: Mary Jordan did not die naturally. It was one of us. I think I know which one. That starts the ball rolling on this wonderfully entertaining story.
I found myself trying to figure out who had done it from the beginning even though most of the people from that time period were most likely dead. I enjoyed learning about the people that had owned the house before plus those that had lived in the neighborhood before.
4 out of 5 stars
