A. Christie

I've started reading detective novels, specifically A. Christie's infamous Hercule Poirot stories and man, does she write well? I found myself unable to let go of the book the moment I reached chapter four of my first read, which was The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. It turns out to be the author's masterpiece. I'm quite impressed by her poetic English, but I'm more intrigued by the deductions Monsieur Poirot made. It gets my 'little grey cells' going. I don't know why I was not able to guess the murderer. It was too cleverly written, the identity of the killer was never a giveaway.

It's one of those must-read classics. I'm glad Christie wrote several novels on Poirot in the 1920's. I'll read on! I hope to be able to read all the books on the list.