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“Sad Cypress“ is a classic whodunit that involves complex characters, red herrings, and a surprising twist. It examines the nature of truth and lies, and the importance of looking beyond the surface to find the actual motives for crime. It is a story of how appearances can be deceiving, and how even those who seem most unlikely to be guilty can be responsible for the most heinous acts...

An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will. Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity and the means to administer the fatal poison.
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An anonymous letter!
Elinor Carlisle stood looking down at it as it lay open in her hand. She‘d never had such a thing before. It gave one an unpleasant sensation. Ill-written, badly spelt, on cheap pink paper.
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An elderly stroke victim dies without having arranged a will. Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity and the means to administer the fatal poison.
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Hercule Poirot comes to investigate whether Elinor Carlisle murdered young Mary Gerrard. She was posioned and it seems had motive too. They was the first time I read this book, but I had seen the TV adaption. It was as usual a good read.

Yet another Agatha re-read, this time for the Read Christie 2023 Challenge. This year is off to a great start! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#agathachristie

Another fave Christie book. This one is a departure from the usual formula: there's only one murder 🫨, it focuses on the alleged killer's psychology and ends it a good bit of courtroom drama.

#adventrecommends

Apparently I was really bad at posting at the end of November. I‘m at the point of the year (winter/cold), where we stay in and play video games on the weekend. This means listening to audiobooks and playing Pokémon for me!

This was a very different Christie! It has a courtroom setting and Poirot trying to solve the crime and going back in time to figure out what really happened. I liked it!

I liked this one, but it's quite different from other Christies. For one, it's got a courtroom drama, which isn't the norm for her novels, at least not so far in my publication-order reading. She also focuses more on character development than she usually does. Her characters are generally interesting, but these seem more three-dimensional and emotionally complex than usual. Elinor is particularly interesting to me.

Camille is *almost* sitting on my lap. After nearly two years with us, maybe she's on the verge of being a lap cat like her brother?

#ScarathlonDailyPrompts part II 17. #poison
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German edition of Sad Cypress, murder committed by morphine hydrochloride.

This is another favorite Christie (although, a big part is that I watched the Suchet adaptation first and I really liked the actress playing Elinor 🤷‍♀️) Elinor is a great character and I really like how a very straightforward crime is slowly revealed to be anything but.

Third book read for #scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter #scarathlondailyprompts @Clwojick #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks #promptmaze #spookoween @TheSpineView

Working my way through the Queen of Mystery catalogue. In this one, Poirot is entreated to prove the innocence of Elinor Carlisle, who is on trial for murder and all evidence points to her guilt. This one had me guessing until the end. Lots of drama concerning inheritance and scorned love.

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“Can you not accept facts? She loved Roderick Welman. What of it? With you, she can be happy. . . .”
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Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity and the means to administer the fatal poison.Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty: Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows...
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“Elinor Katharine Carlisle. You stand charged upon this indictment with the murder of Mary Gerrard upon the 27th of July last. Are you guilty or not guilty?”
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This was a very well laid out mystery. Who would have wanted to kill a much loved, and no bad word about, Mary? Everything is against and damming for Elinor, including her inner thoughts on doing murder. But Poirot eventually gets on to it. It slowly built up on what was told, and not told. I like how he said you can learn a lot from someone from their lies. I did fall for the red herring, But I still guessed it correctly! #whodunit

Another dog sitting weekend lays way time for undisturbed reading. May be able to finish this by end of days light.
This is a mystery of solving a woman‘s innocence of murder. Her, and a cousin by marriage, fall in love. Causing it seems quite a stir that they “may” be cut out of their rich aunts will. I‘m intrigued by what seems to stump Hercule Poirot. #whodunit

Thanks so much @MaleficentBookDragon ! It was so above and beyond to not only send back my original #lmpbc book but to also send a book from my TBR. How thoughtful!! I‘m psyched to read through everyone‘s comments from our Agatha round. 😁

Elinor Carlisle is on trial for the murder of Mary Gerrard. There doesn't seem to be anybody else with a motive or who could have done it. But the local doctor asks Poirot for help proving her innocence.

I must admit I fell for the red herring and thought I'd done well to guess who it was early on. But of course I was wrong and Poirot's little grey cells were more than a match for mine.

#coffeeandabook

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Classic, witty, and intriguing.

#3wordreviews @ShyBookOwl

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

Want to play @LiteraryinLititz @MeganAnn @Avanders ?

This was my favorite pick from this past round of #LMPBC.
What a fun mystery.
⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
It will be heading back home this week.

This was also my #doublespin pick for February.

This Hercule Poirot mystery is not as well known as others such as Murder on the Orient Express or Death on the Nile, but I really enjoyed it. TWO TIMES I thought I‘d figured it out, but no, I had not. This quote from writer Elizabeth George says it all: “What Agatha Christie taught me was all about the delicate placement of the red herring.” Read as part of the #readchristie2021 challenge hosted by OfficialAgathaChristie on IG ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was my favorite so far. I really liked the mystery. I thought I had it all figured out but of course Poirot knows better!
#LMPBC

I‘ll mail this on Monday!

Thanks for sending this along @suvata It arrived safely on Christmas Eve. And thanks so much for the gift card! #LMPBC

#LMPBC Round 10 - #GroupM
@MaleficentBookDragon @LiteraryinLititz

@suvata has mailed a book to @Bookwormjillk

I finished my book for #lmpbc group M. I always love Agatha Christie, but this one was a little different in its style. I‘ll be curious what my fellow group members think.

I‘m using the #readtiltheendreadathon tag that @TheBookDream came up with as I try to bury myself in books as the votes are counted. Sending love to my fellow Littens today.

This is my favorite time of the month! I am so excited to dive into these books for November. #bookspin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

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#LMPBC Round 10- #GroupM
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It‘s official!

@MaleficentBookDragon @suvata @Bookwormjillk For my book for #LMPBC I propose one of these 4. It‘s been ages since I read any of them so I don‘t remember them well, which is good! Let me know your preferences! I‘ll tag them in comments so you can see descriptions. I‘m soooooo excited for this round!

3⭐
A nice little twist, though I guess seasoned mystery readers would have seen it coming from a mile away.

Read for Pisces prompt 12 of #ReadYourSign so 2/5

So at least I've managed to finish 1 book for #CYOreadathon 🙄 (Damn I'm a slow, easily distracted reader.)

My flood of posts continues. This is next on the #CYOreadathon goal list. I'm reading this one to fulfill Pisces prompt 12 for #ReadYourSign.

@Clwojick @Meaw_catlady

Another great Poirot mystery. ❤️

This was my first Agatha Christie novel and I was not disappointed. The writing is very well structured and easy to read and the characters, while slightly racist in descriptions sometimes, are really well written. 3.5/5 I‘m so glad I read it, I can see why she‘s the queen of mystery.

Couldn't get this to post last night.

I just love all of my Agatha Christie books 🥰

Sunday afternoon reads. I‘m a little more than halfway through Columbine, and although it‘s a difficult subject to read about, I‘m finding it interesting and informative. It‘s very well written and well researched. Taking a short break from it to start Sad Cypress now.

This is one of my favorite Christie's books. The atmosphere was one of the reasons. I found the stories that Christie set in foreign places made that place seem like one of the characters.

The dog isn‘t really trying to share and snuggle. He wants me to move out of the chair. 😕

Still slowly working my way through all the Poirot books. Next up is One, Two Buckle My Shoe #agathachristie

Whodunnit? But also will the TV adaptation be as amazing as I hope? 🙀🙀🙀 #ReadingResolutions by @Jess7 #photochallenge

Not my favorite but still pretty good!

When I think of #poison , I think of Agatha Christie, as death by poison is very frequent in her works. “Poison has a certain appeal” she once wrote.

#readingresolutions

Had library school friends over this evening to eat soup, talk books, #audiocoloring and #audiopuzzling. We may even start a book club!

And then, of course, we watched Poirot, because my partner is wonderful and got me an AcornTV subscription for Christmas. David Suchet remains my #OTP (One True Poirot).

#audiopuzzling with my next Agatha Christie and this bookstore puzzle, a Christmas gift from my boyfriend. Audiobooks and puzzles are one of my favorite ways to spend these frigid winter days ❄️