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[quarantinechristie]

#29 - Death in the Clouds

Having just gotten home from vacation I can gladly say I did not experience Death in the Clouds, but guess who did? 

Oh, you silly goose, I can’t tell you. That’d ruin it!

Death in the Clouds was a breath of fresh air (no pun intended). It actually ranks surprisingly high in the ongoing list I’ve got going for one of Christie’s less famous works. It’s got drama. It’s got fashion. It’s got romance. It’s got France. What more could you want? A particularly unique method and distraction mechanism, that’s what! 

This book is one of the greats when it comes to the old trope of that one clue that just doesn’t fit, throwing the whole case off. The blowpipe and the wasp on the airplane befuddle even Papa Poirot, who does much of his solving behind the scenes here. Poirot does some of his most thorough and solid detective work in this novel, really digging in on the ground to figure out what happened in the sky. The solution was also one of those where the actual thing itself is not surprising, but the characters involved sure are. This was one where I audibly gasped for the first time in a long time. 

To tell you the truth I might come back and edit this review because (cough cough just got back from vacation) my brain is foggy and I don’t feel I’m doing this book justice. Just...it’s really good, you guys. Read it. Please.

Rating: 8/10. Colour: wasp yellow. 

[sowingseedsandshootinghoops]

Death on the Nile: The Psychology of the Case

Note on the text: I used Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile as published by HarperCollins Publisher in 2011.

This book was my welcome to the incredible world of Hercule Poirot. As someone who was not the biggest Agatha Christie fan prior to reading this book, I was genuinely shocked by how much I loved this book. What I really enjoyed was how much the psychology of the characters played a part of the story. 

Unlike Sherlock Holmes, who is all about the facts, Hercule Poirot is deeply interested in the personalities of the people who make up his case. To Hercule Poirot, the psychology of the people in question matters at least as much as the facts of the case does. In fact, Poirot says that a person’s psychology is “the most important fact of the case” (61). That is what makes Hercule Poirot so different from a lot of other characters in the mystery genre. Other detectives such as Sherlock Holmes, Philip Marlowe, or Sam Spade among others are only interested in the facts of the case, and the clues therein. Sherlock likes the intellectual stimulation that the case presents much more than he does the human element. Sam Spade is too suspicious of other people in a world gone bad to give their motivations much thought. Philip Marlowe likewise sees himself as an avenging angel meant to balance the scales of justice against a world that is hellbent on doing evil. None of these characters are really interested in the psychology of the people they are working with. Not so with Hercule Poirot.

He knows that the psychology of the person in question matters just as much as any other fact of the case. That is how he was able to determine that Andrew Pennington was not the murderer. Because, although the facts suggested he might be the killer, Hercule Poirot could see that 

for this crime, something was wanted that Pennington [didn’t have]! This [was] a crime that needed audacity, swift and faultless execution, courage, indifference to danger, and a resourceful, calculating brain. Pennington hasn’t got those attributes. He couldn’t do a crime unless he knew it was safe. This crime wasn’t safe! It hung on a razor’s edge. It needed boldness. Pennington isn’t bold. He’s only astute (293).

It is, as Hercule Poirot says, the “pretty little problem of psychology” (222). 

That’s what made this book so special. It wasn’t just the fact that allowed Poirot to realize who the killer was, but the facts combined with an understanding of the psychological profile of all those involved. He realized that he had been operating from wrong point of view. He thought that Simon Doyle had left Jaqueline to marry Linnet, the murder victim. Only once he was able to “look at [things] in the right way” and “realize that [Simon and Jaqueline] were still lovers” did everything make sense: “Simon does away with his rich wife, inherits her money, and in due course [marries] his old love” (318). The problem wasn’t that the various clues weren’t pointing in the right direction, it was the fact that they had made the wrong assumptions of about the mindset of the people involved.

Human beings are complicated people, who do things, including murder, for any number of reasons. Most detective good detective stories have either a wonderful set of clues that point out who the killer is, or have a brilliant psychological profile of the killer which does things reveal his or her MO and motivations. What made this book special was that it had both. What a great book indeed

[cupofteajones]

Books of 2022: The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 **** It was so nice to start off the new year with an #AgathaChristie book and I'm glad to say that my first book of 2022 was one that does not disappoint! A seance during a snowy winter night turns sinister when a spirit foretells Captain Trevelyan being dead. Major Burnaby doesn't believe it to be true...until he treks through the snow to discovers the Captain's deadly fate. Full of the same thrills and chills you find in any Christie novel, you discover why this mystery is one Christie's personal favorites and why she is the reigning #QueenOfMystery. This is a must read for any Christie fan! #books #bookstagram #mysterybooks #mysterylovers #thesittafordmystery #readchristie2022 #cupofteabooksof2022 #classics #classicmysteries #classicmystery https://www.instagram.com/p/CZE97burE0x/?utm_medium=tumblr

[brittanica-1285]

I wasn't kidding when I said she was my fave 😌📚 #agathachristie #queenofmystery #books #reading #christie #poirot #reader

[lisaliecute]

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[oh-englandmylionheart]

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[booksforthebrave]

Getting sun for at least a few hours so time to lay on the beach with my traditional #Beachread #agathachristie #queenofmystery #booknerdabroad #nerdabroad https://www.instagram.com/p/CRD_rc9D4AG/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ramos-messy-mind]

Happy birthday to one of my favourite actors of all time 💕🎊🍀hoping you have a great day @hsu_hyun 🤗 #happybirthday #kwonsoohyun #actor #model #abyss #thesmilehasleftyoureyes #queenofmystery #thek2 #highsociety #kkondaeintern #kdrama https://www.instagram.com/p/CEBnbkPj8tP/?igshid=gzb937n8fmdz

[candlelanecozies]

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[miss-jane-marple]

Finally breaking out the little notebooks I got at the Henry Ford Museum when I went to see the awesome House Industries exhibit. Take a wild guess as to the book title…

[alauchter]

A little Miss Marple this Thursday afternoon. 📚 #agathachristie #missmarple #bookstagram #missmarpleismyknittingbuddy #goodreads #thursdayvibes #queenofmystery #queenofcrime https://www.instagram.com/p/B0WZqLjBSEg/?igshid=1fu5fli5l28t9

[quarantinechristie]

#27 - The Clocks

What time is it? Review time!

Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Anyway, about The Clocks...

I have not heard a lot about this one. I don’t remember what inspired me to read it next and I’ve never read anything about it, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. Good news: I liked it!

Christie creates a masterful misdirection here, with the two detectives looking in entirely the wrong place for almost the entirety of the book. I realize the more and more I read that I am easily misled, but once again I was shocked by the solution. I think it helps with enjoyment - the solution is so much better when you never expect it! 

The cast of characters has some gems (look out for Geraldine and Merlina Rival, who both have more than their fair share of spunk), but with so many neighbours it can get a little confusing who is who.

This particular story plays with meaning quite a bit - which details are important and what can we cast aside as part of the drama of it all? I thoroughly enjoyed the discovery that not all the clues were clues after all, which is not normally I tactic I appreciate. 

Overall, if I was making a chart, I would put this at the higher end of average for Christie. It’s not the most spectacular thing she’s even written, but it’s definitely not the worst. Also, although I don’t love the Poirot episode that this book was adapted to, I am a Lesley Sharp fan, so that was a nice addition. It gets a solid 6.5/10. Yes, I am into the 0.5 thing now. The colour is a nice rich mahogany - sturdy, reliable, and layered.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot! This is a Poirot novel! He’s not in it much, but he’s quite delightful in it. Anyways, the ranking stands!

[gudangfilmkorea-blog]

MYSTERY QUEEN | 2017 | 16 Eps | 16.000IDR . Sinopsis : Drama Korea Mystery Queen berceirta tentang Yoo Seol-Ok yang menyukai novel misteri dan sejak dulu ingin menjadi seorang detektif, tapi ia akhirnya menyerah dari mimpinya setelah menikah. Sekarang, Seol-Ok adalah seorang ibu rumah tangga dengan suami yang bekerja sebagai jaksa. Sampai akhirnya ia bertemu dengan Ha Wan-Seung yang merupakan seorang detektif terkenal. Wan-seung memberinya kesempatan untuk membuat mimpinya menjadi kenyataan. Kini mereka bekerja sama untuk memecahkan kasus . Silahkan diorder Kak 🙏 #mysteryqueen #queenofmystery #korean #korea #koreadrama #filmkorea #koreafilm #dramakorea

[theyonaqorn]

Kyungmi is my favourite character from #QueenofMystery. Why? She's a divorcee who got up from her own misery and runs a lunchbox outlet. She handles things smoothly, backs up her crazy friend Seol Ok like nobody's business and she does not easily give in to bullshits. #KDramaFan mode. Can't wait for episode 11 and 12 this week. (at Fio's Comfort Zone)

[hellobaekhyunee]

Just started watching queen of mystery and it really interesting!!