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Poirot - the old matchmaker! 🤣🤣🤣

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Not my favorite Christie but fun to revisit as she invents Poirot and improves her writing.

I listened to the audiobook read by Richard Armitage who did a superb job.

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Oh my God, how good is Peter Dinklage as Hercule Poirot? His way of crying „Hastings!“ is perfect. This is definitely the best adaption ever.

The village of Chipping Cleghorn is surprised by a very unusual newspaper announcement. This week, amongst the furniture for sale, the local gazette's announcement page contains an advertisement which reads: ‘A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.‘

Unsure if it is a practical joke or one of those new 'murder mystery games', the neighbours gather at the house on Friday evening (continued)

My second Miss Marple book. This one takes her out of the village of st Mary‘s mead, which was a bit of a shame, but I enjoyed the characters and again, did not guess who did it. She‘s so good.

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I enjoyed this far more than I expected to. It‘s definitely a boilerplate mystery but much more winks and nods were felt over anything I read with Poirot. Maybe I just relate to Miss Marple more. 😅

Should be noted though - lots of not great allusions to POC, off hand comments to LGBTQIA, and pretty clumsy with discussion of mental illness. This was published in 1964 and it shows.

A painter‘s death by poison, a crumbling marriage & five distinct suspects with much to gain or lose.

I'm so amazed by Christie‘s exploration of art as a mirror of the soul. Poirot‘s methodical unraveling of the truth feels almost poetic, his pursuit as much about healing the wounds of the past as it is about justice. Highlight is the extraordinary ending - how justice isn‘t confined to the courtroom but resonates on a profoundly human level. ♥️

It‘s probably criminal of me to admit this is my first dalliance with this Agatha Christie heroine - but I had no idea Miss Marple was so saucy! And in the 1960s! 🤭