#RIPXX Country House Mystery

by Agatha Christie

Finish date: 16.09.2025
Genre: CF – “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd” 
Rating: A+++
#RIPXX (mystery)

Good News: Cozy country house  mystery can be just as blood-soaked as the mean streets!

Bad News: I tried to finish this book (last 7 chapters) last night before going to sleep. Never again…I fell immediately into dreamland and missed the famous “meeting of the suspects” when Hercule tells everyone he knows who the murderer is!

Good News: Finally finished the book this morning and even listened to the last 7 chapters twice! While knowing the ending…it was a unique way to observe how the “killer” reacts to Poirot’s explanations to see if the person “blinks”.

Personal: Agatha Christie does it again…I NEVER suspected the guilty person! This story was a ‘locked room’ mystery inside a country house. Why are country house mysteries so popular? We love the intellectual challenge to try an solve the murder and enjoy the pleasure of entangled circumstances dissolve into a simplicity that only the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot can achieve!

LINK – wonderful website ” Everything Agatha Christie”.