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Non-Series Novels & Stories
For those of you wanting to discuss Agatha Christie's standalone books, such as And Then There Were None.
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cguice on 15 Nov 2009 at 11:28 p.m. GMT
hey there,
currently reading The Secret of Chimneys and agree it shows quite a bit of humor not seen in other AC books. Curious - does the estate of Chimneys really exist?
Puffinjill on 16 Nov 2009 at 7:48 a.m. GMT
Not that I am aware of. Just an invention of AC's, I suppose.
What do you think of the book? I think it's great. Not only do we get to meet Battle, Bundle, etc for the first time but we also get Anthony Cade and Virginia Revel, two characters who are great fun. There is more humour than in a lot of AC's books but I don't feel this detracts from the mystery at all. Just makes it a joy to read!
MissQuin on 23 Feb 2010 at 5:11 p.m. GMT
I didn't like this til half way through, but I still didn't think much of it. Battle is quite good, though we never find much about him, His has a wife and children and that's all we ever know!
I either like the murder mystery Poirot/Marple or the supernatural ones like Mr Quin and Pale Horse. I can never get into the international spies and political ones for some reason.
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The final book Christie wrote for her publishers The Bodley Head includes more comic scenes and characters than her other work. Perhaps as she felt they had mistreated her and she was finally free to move on. What are your thoughts on this more light-hearted approach? Does it add or detract from her superb plotting skills?
Chimneys introduces Superindendent Battle to the world. He would later feature in The Seven Dials Mystery, Murder is Easy, Towards Zero and Cards on the Table. An unemotional man with wit and intelligence - but do you think he rivals Poirot as a truly great detective?