Lord Edgware Dies was one of my favorites for a long time, along with Death on the Nile. I only wish some of the Tommy & Tuppence mysteries were included in the sale! These look like mostly Poirot’s books.
On a side note, I HIGHLY recommend watching The ABC Murders miniseries with John Malkovich (on Prime and Britbox). They do something slightly different with the Poirot character than I’ve ever seen and it was such an interesting change.
Of those on sale, the best may be Death on the Nile, Five Little Pigs, The ABC Murders, and The Hollow. I may grab a couple I don’t remember as well (Sad Cypress, Three Act Tragedy, and the short stories). But my all-time favorite is And Then There Were None.
I think THE HOLLOW is one of her better books. It’s one of the few where the murder victim is one of the major POV characters, so he is much more 3-dimensional than most of her victims. However, the book is also one of her more antisemitic ones. She makes a number of antisemitic offhand comments in many of her books, but this one was published in 1946 so it comes across as harder to ignore and certainly harder to forgive than when found in her pre-war books. There’s also a dessert called by a racist name, so be warned before reading.
Anne Marble
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01/16/2025 2:48 pm
The ABC Murders, Hallowe’en Party (aka A Haunting in Venice), Three-Act Tragedy, Death on the Nile, and The Mysterious Mr. Quinn.
Both Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories and Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories bargains for $1.99 each!
Lord Edgware Dies was one of my favorites for a long time, along with Death on the Nile. I only wish some of the Tommy & Tuppence mysteries were included in the sale! These look like mostly Poirot’s books.
On a side note, I HIGHLY recommend watching The ABC Murders miniseries with John Malkovich (on Prime and Britbox). They do something slightly different with the Poirot character than I’ve ever seen and it was such an interesting change.
Thanks for the rec!
Of those on sale, the best may be Death on the Nile, Five Little Pigs, The ABC Murders, and The Hollow. I may grab a couple I don’t remember as well (Sad Cypress, Three Act Tragedy, and the short stories). But my all-time favorite is And Then There Were None.
And Then There Were None is amazing. My book club read it last year and though I’d read it before and seen the mini-series, I was blown away.
I think THE HOLLOW is one of her better books. It’s one of the few where the murder victim is one of the major POV characters, so he is much more 3-dimensional than most of her victims. However, the book is also one of her more antisemitic ones. She makes a number of antisemitic offhand comments in many of her books, but this one was published in 1946 so it comes across as harder to ignore and certainly harder to forgive than when found in her pre-war books. There’s also a dessert called by a racist name, so be warned before reading.
The ABC Murders, Hallowe’en Party (aka A Haunting in Venice), Three-Act Tragedy, Death on the Nile, and The Mysterious Mr. Quinn.
Both Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories and Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories bargains for $1.99 each!