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The Kitchen Front and The Demon of Unrest turned out to be my favorite books this month and, as always, I enjoyed a Vera Stanhope mystery ...

Christie taps into the near-universal fear people have of the dentist in a mystery where the anxious patients were so busy quaking they beca...

June was a varied month of reading and I particularly enjoyed The Eights , with its depiction of the early years of women at Oxford, and Dea...

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Taking on a World of Words . The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish read...

In this standalone mystery, which she described as one of her favorites, Christie used a nursery rhyme as inspiration: There was a crooked m...

Spell the Month in Books is hosted by Reviews From the Stacks and occurs on or near the second Saturday of each month:

I read 14 books in January: all fiction but one, including three audiobooks and two rereads. The God of the Woods and Frozen River are h...

It’s time for #6degrees, inspired by Kate at Books Are My Favourite and Best . We all start at the same place as other readers, add six book...

Hercule Poirot excels at cold cases so he is intrigued when Carla Lemarchant turns up for an appointment with a murder from the past. When ...

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Taking on a World of Words . The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish read...

I enjoy the Christies that feature Ariadne Oliver, the occasionally ditzy mystery author who dislikes the fictional detective she has made s...

My favorites this month were The Law of Innocence about Harry Bosch’s half-brother, Mickey Haller, accused of murder and forced to defend h...

Very little can dent Hercule Poirot’s self-confidence but he is surprisingly distressed when a young woman comes to him for help, worried th...

A few books stood out this month, including Radio Girls , about the early days at the BBC, and The Trap , the newest book about Emma Makepea...

Two years ago, Jacko Argyle was convicted of murdering his adoptive mother, despite his denial. He died in prison. His family is still rec...

My two favorite books this month were Mrs. Plansky's Revenge by Spencer Quinn and Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane - one light-hearted an...

Gordon Cloade’s family has always relied on his wealth and generosity so they are appalled when he marries an attractive widow less than hal...

Title : The Murder at the Vicarage Author : Agatha Christie Publication : Dodd, Mead & Co., hardcover, first published in 1930 Genre : M...

This month’s best reads were all historical fiction: The Phoenix Crown , set around the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco; Daughter of Lir b...

Title : The Mystery of the Blue Train  Author : Agatha Christie Publication : Dodd, Mead & Co., hardcover, originally published in 1928 ...