6/21/2023 0 Comments Crooked house agatha christie book![]() The actress, the historian, the self-righteous wife, the failed businessman, the heiress, the spinster, the convalescent, the grieving widow, and the widow’s lover. ![]() The different kinds.’” (page 28)Įvery person in the Leonides/de Haviland household is a potential murderer. “ ‘You see, we’re a very queer family … There’s a lot of ruthlessness in us – and – different kinds of ruthlessness. True, Why Didn’t They Ask Evens, (review: HERE) is not as creepy as Ten Little Indians (also titled) And Then There Were None, but they both gave me shivers, nightmares, and a fear of the dark.Īfter losing sleep from reading it, I thought the creepiest Agatha Christy book I could ever read was And Then There Were None – then I read Cooked House. Having blazed my way through more than forty five Agatha Christie books in the past year I feel justified to pronounce this judgment:Īgatha Christie’s standalone novels are creepy. ![]() Only when the second murder happens do things start to unravel but by then it might be too late. ![]() ![]() All suspicion seems to rest on Aristide’s young wife but each person in the household has equal motive – or perhaps lack of it. “‘And they all lived together in a little crooked house.’ That’s us.” ()Īristide Leonides was poisoned by a simple method of replacing the liquid in his insulin bottle with eye drops. “ I must have looked slightly startled, for she seemed amused, and explained by expanding to quotation. ![]()
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