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Unsolved mysteries... When author Raymond West proposes a regular gathering of friends with unique and disparate outlooks to solve mysteries, the Tuesday Night Club is formed.
Sir Henry Clithering, retired chief commissioner of Scotland yard proposes their first mystery...
After a supper of canned lobster and a dessert of trifle, three people become ill and Mrs Jones is found dead. Although about of botulism is suspected, the Tuesday Night Club examines the matter further…
The collection includes:
The Tuesday Night Club
Idol House of Astarte
Ingots of Gold
The Bloodstained Pavement
Motive & Opportunity
Thumbmark of St. Peter
The Blue Geranium
The Companion
The Four Suspects
A Christmas Tragedy
The Herb of Death
The Affair of the Bungalow
Death by Drowning
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I'm quite a fan of 'Classic' mystery novels - Conan Doyle, Leblanc, etc. - and I really enjoyed Christie's previous work, The Mysterious Affair At Styles.However, this story didn't really do it for me.Maybe it was the copious amount of 'womanly' fainting, or Hastings (the Watson) having about as much narrative significance as a sack of flour, or the lack of characterisation for people surrounding the crime when compared to the characters in Styles.Whatever the case, this book just really couldn't bring me into its world.
Thirteen short stories work as an introduction to Miss Marple. This was beautiful. I loved how Agatha Christie presented her as a cute old lady who solves "unsolved" crimes while knitting. With Poirit, we have enough evidence to find who the guilty person is. Miss Marple works in a whole different way: the way of people. She can identify the guilty party by hearing about them and getting to know their nature. Miss Marple knows people's behavior thanks to her age and observation abilities, and that's how she simply "knows" who did it every single time.
It was refreshing to get to know more about Hastings and his character. He is such a dreamer always putting his feelings first, which affects his usage of his "grey cells" and the reason why he feels he's always being mocked by Poirot. This book was more about Hastings than it was of Poirot — contrary to the first one:The previous book was about the marvelous detective, Hercule Poirot, from Hastings POV; this one was more about Hastings's understanding of reality, and how he develops in it. I did like this book better. Can't wait to continue reading to get to know more and more about the adventures of Detective Hercule Poirot and his loyal and sentimental friend, Captain Hastings.