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Top Customer Reviews: The House Party: A ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 47 ratings
4 / 5
This book agreed the plot of Agatha Christie, and ossia big praise . Had a lot of scenes and of the inclusions that looked irrelevant, but that has read Lady Christie, has known that was clues and maintained him to him the import has like this ploughed by means of a history. Had a lot of characters partorisca maintain clue of, and he still felt has not gone really very developed why this was more than following he-the-type of clues of history; takings partorisca follow a breadcrumbs together with Beth, a main character whose POV is reading. Some pieces of a puzzle wrap until the satisfactory conclusion, although I can very really says has concerned me in an emotional level. In general I thought that it that it was the history a lot writing with an intricate plot with a lot of clues and red herrings but I also found the really lagged in of the places; there is the plot of the repetition and I think it active fared better has been presionado on, with less than pages. The to good sure read more for this author.
5 / 5
Beth Is part of the wonderful circle of friends those who are all has involved actively in the each one another is bolt . A last night is everything near is to celebrate a housewarming of Kathleen and Patrick, but that prejudices Kathleen confesses the Beth that any in his group is not the one who looks to be. Cela Is by train to threaten him and that it is in dreading very real. The circumstances prevent Kathleen to say Beth exactly those who is and an implicit agreement is that Kathleen will say all a next day when they fulfil up in his class of weekly yoga. But a very next morning Kathleen takes the call of telephone that it could any never has expected; Kathleen has been found has died. Of this moment Beth finds in the swirl of doubts and questions to the equal that to those who could have killed Kathleen, reason in spite of some police that thinks was suicide , Beth knows that it was murder . But a question remains… the one who has touched a part of the fond member inside his group and can Beth imagine it was before the his too much evening?

Ossia The book that will leave a reader that suppositions all a way. In the each step, each laws of person in the curious way that it could suggest guilt or so only that they could be innocent and reacting bad to a death of the partner, and a result of final is entirely unexpected. There is multiple of the red herrings have launched in partorisca do a reader thinks that that they are exited a mystery , so only partorisca find that it had died-final and a perpetrator is still in a free, doing is the really strong thriller. Some characters are a lot of crafted and has an uncertainty of Beth security everything by means of a history that adds to a tension. Any one is in suspect and a setting of island adds to a work, where all the world in a city knows all the world more @@subject, as all the small cities are wont partorisca do, doing is an interesting psychological thriller. With his capacity to draw a reader in, this are adds partorisca the day when it calms does not love anything but I crimps up with the good history and while it was a day .
5 / 5
Has said of a first person of one of some main characters, this book is in the group of good friends, stunned for a death of one of his the majority of beloved players. Although all the world-wide looks partorisca believe a history of this sudden death, our hero has his doubts and finds it impossible to leave lie of subjects.

Ossia The good history , has done especially like this for a fact that a protagonist is partorisca calm , that takes woman the one who impact his tight group of friends for rousing she and aggressively interfering. Like this good to in fact have the serious introvert like main character!
5 / 5
This history maintained glued to a book. Always in colgante and could not expect discover that has spent afterwards.
An end was movement he sure !! To good sure recommend this book!!
5 / 5
Suspenseful And intriguing has has had to that so only maintains partorisca read this gripping the Every time calm novel t hought had imagined out of a murderous, would have. Another transfer in a storyline
5 / 5
Reminiscent of Agatha Christie. You know it is one of some friends. It is so only he @subjects partorisca exit that. All the world could have, but so only one has done.
5 / 5
This reservation has had movement he well and the few suspicious characters and secrets! Have enjoyed a book and recommend!
4 / 5
Arrived partorisca abandon this in 57, hate any when finalising the book but so only could not go in, IMO this was clunky and amateurish with superficial ,boring characters and far has said too much, has said that “ is resulted like this long, has drawn was and boring I simply could any one read is too short to read such the book
5 / 5
This novel is like this more than the “the one who the?” Some three main families interact in the dance that shows the depth of an author of experience with managing complex subjects. A fund is a Isle of Wight that resupplies partorisca calm, timeless counterpoint to a hectic no of an action. So only one reasons partorisca love this book is some parents of the way and the boys interact. The secrets and the white lies are part of his newspaper armoury. When A death of the average of fellow next, these subterfuges are launched to hard relief. A jealous adolescent, ridiculous in a dipping resulted the possible killers. The innocent nights have gone by Sami results a material of nightmare partorisca his woman. Trust Is eroded. The secrets and the bombs of result of the lies of time. Some people love a more result partorisca be some people know a less. Finally value and triumph of the amour and the confidence is animal-establish stronger that never. Ossia The complex novel that repays careful reading. Highly recommended.
5 / 5
Almost has given on top of this time of diverse book, but persevered until an end, which is reason has taken 2 stars in place of 1. Like other descriptions have said, very long and has drawn was and could have been to the shortest plot. Any of some characters is likeable or interesting and looked to have this slightly formal way , uncomfortable to speak to the each one like this another. In real life, when any one is asked to go with a husband to identify the organism of his woman, would answer it would be the privilegió? This formal way to speak also spent in the conversation among two adolescents. A book has followed the model looked of Beth link to find maintained among the character and Kathleen, thinks that is to say reason to kill , character of types, @gives probably is not him. I am surprised has had a lot the friends have left in an end.

Top Customer Reviews: Murder on the ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 38 ratings
5 / 5
Famous French detective, Hercules Poirot is travelling on board one Orients partorisca Express when it is prendido for the snowbank at night. In a morning, an organism of Samuel millionaire Ratchett is discovered in his room. A murderous has to that be one of some other passengers or the still captured crew in a train.

Ossia The mystery of murder of classical enclosed room, where one of a group is the murderous violent, all the world is the suspect and any one can escape. The murder in an Orients Expresses has not been a first novel of this gender, but is considered among a better, for good reason.

Christie Was the master to fall in of the clues that is not that look, or this looks to be without importance excepts retrospectively, and then rids the end of surprise. A character of Poirot is charming and unassuming, giving all the appearances to be a bit naïve, until it solves a chance and stuns all the world with his acumen (a device still into use for writers of mystery).

A thoroughly enjoyable read.
5 / 5
Looks like him counterfeit version of this novel. My first clue was a rear description . It mixes information of the different novel and to to the sounds like to of him has been written for any of the one who first tongue is not English (the semi-detached photo - see for calm). There is typos in a book and a structure is hard to read. There is not any bloodletting or spaces among paragraphs. There is also any numbers of the page and a title is not in a plug.
4 / 5
Does not buy this version of a book, looks the counterfeit copies. A coverage forward is blurry and pixelated, a plug and for behind a book is space (I suspicious reason like this more distinguished was, a backside has used to be riddled with errors), has any interior of information of the editor, and a creation of some pages is odd. I have asked the repayment immediately after opening my container reason have bought this like the present and I poden does not offer these rubbishes in good conscience.
5 / 5
Any reserves look to be entirely timeless, ossia one of them. Yes it writes today one would have to that explain the lack of cellphone, but this is to do easily. This history then would compare to a better of today. Some clues are very dipped was and develop a lot like this would expect yes esal life'. A delicious bed.
4 / 5
An original are adds. BUT ossia an officious version that read to the equal that was computer -transcribed of the poor audiobook version. It does not purchase . It is almost unreadable.
5 / 5
The murder in an Orients to Express for Christie is of course in the class in him
This edition that is lame replies behind to fabulous and joy to have.
My vendor sold the copy of mint, long partorisca enjoy,
5 / 5
Good to read a book. I have seen enough the few adaptations of him already so it has not had any surprise but was quite very written and enjoyable.
4 / 5
Has this rids with me every time I travesía. To read and king-read. I thought it that it was handy of the have in kindle . It finds that packing mine kindle with several books in him is like this better then having the stock exchange of books to haul around.
4 / 5
That to plot. I can hardly comprehend like Agatha Christie never thought on such an incredible turn of transfers and chances. A for real enjoyable and ready read.
5 / 5
There is well has loved His Intrigues in spite of him that his difficulties were numerous with the end to find guilty.
This in spite of, this book One more this in spite of.

Top Customer Reviews: The Scarlet Dress: ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 37 ratings
4 / 5
Louise Douglas paints the picture in of the thousands of words. A history is strong and obliging with moves approaches an end has imagined wine, but could not having precisely predicted. It could visualise a setting - seeds familiarised scenery, in that lived quell'a bit years partorisca describe fact. Appearance the revisit the all in my sleeps.
5 / 5
Could not dip this book down was like this wonderful some characters have come to the life and he maintained me to us guessing to a very well has loved that!
4 / 5
Could not taking reading , very written .
Maintained guessing until an end. It seats to like tried to solve of a murder to the equal that have read to the long of.
4 / 5
Like the longitude, hot, the day of the summer, this book goes for ever until he suddenly any and is staring in the gorgeous decadence, sad is on but praise all one same. In spite of the slow start, found me enthralled for a slow unwinding that really spent that fateful day Alice is disappeared.

Some two characters of point of view are the fascinating studio in of contrast them. Will Was passionately, jealously enamoured with Alice and his disappearance there is clouded his test, has fed his career like the writer of true crime, and has poisoned his reports never of then. It is not terribly likeable - is an alcoholic the one who extracted his promise with the impressive lack of priest, and his sprains when it comes to Alice unable to see a truth until it could be too late. Marnie, In another hand, was the girl when I have taken down the wing of Alice the one who has grown to the defiantly different woman the one who prefers to maintain the majority of a world in the distance. It knows more than thinking but the never thought person partorisca ask. His devotion to his animal and his daughter is almost jarring against is apathy.

A flashbacks is written brilliantly, interweaving a past and present seamlessly like the tragedy unfolds. Each chapter has given another crumb, another clue, until a breathtaking climax. Calm can not help but be drawn in.

Downloads of authorship: I have received the copy of this book of an editor has seen Netgalley; all the opinions are my own.
4 / 5
Ossia The mystery of murder in of the slow llamas , concealed a lot always laws partorisca me but Louise Douglas' the writing is like this involving and beautiful could not help but be sucked to one has helped also that one has read further a more a tension ramped up. Douglas written with such confidence and compassion in the difficult subjects and I am enjoyed how was a lot the character driven.

Has said a lot as much as the dual timeline but with some memories of one is equally gripping. Recently I actuate read some authors reserve 'in his Shadow' gaze advances a lot to the east an and in no way disappoints. Fantastically Writing and the real page turner found it the fabulous has read.

This was my second book for Lady Douglas and are so that it looks forward to partorisca read more than his wonderful writer with like this talent that a book had hooked of a first page. Thank you Partorisca Such the brilliant history.

I also has to that add that I love some few coverages of these new emissions/king emissions.
4 / 5
A Scarlet Dress is an atmospheric in timing chilling book that calm hook in of a start.

dulcemente Has fulfilled some characters those who was done there 25 years when Alice simply so only losing and now his organism is surfaced

Scarlett has dressed is the mix adds characters of some abonos to a no like this good.

All the world in Severn the sands looks partorisca have the secret and that secret result partorisca be deadly.

And Marnie wants to solve the spent to Alice but any does not love him partorisca know.

Some pages spend of longitude quickly.

Louise Douglas is to add it storyteller that calm hooks in.
5 / 5
I really enjoyed this book and could has not dipped down. A plot has been woven expertly and a movement among a past and a present was seamless. Highly it recommends this book.
5 / 5
The history adds with a better same end- touch a type of storyline concealed partorisca maintain you guessing until a one is resulted is not that thinks ;) Another book adds for this Author.
5 / 5
This history there has been an essence of some cold chances in ITV Unforgotten. The Attention immediately. That spends to Alice Lang? The one who has been? Reason disappears? Marnie And will share secrets roughly Alice but neither of them any one has forgotten never. When The bones are found in a place of a park vacacional old where both have behind lived when Alice is missing, they both create has to that be Alice . So only his red dress was not never state found near of a Severn Estuary. I have loved this book, the really easy bed interlaced with the mystery that begs partorisca be solved. Any sugar coated, characters with secrets he gripped me the his delicious conclusion. There is joined up fantastically any question has left partorisca hang a sign of the good author. Well recommended and the perfect holidays work also. Utter Brilliance ticks All some boxes partorisca me.
5 / 5
Alice Lang rents the caravan in Severn parco vacacional of the Sands during a blistering be of 1995. Ella befriends Marnie, a small caretaker daughter, and Jones the one who operates in some earths. It is not an only boy has attracted to a turbulent Miss, enigmatic Lang, but results unnaturally possessive when it attracts an attention of the edges of owner of rich park, Guy deVillars. When Alice disappears and his dress is found for the flange of a water, is assumed has flooded. 25 years later when a seaside the city is no longer fashionable, a park vacacional is sold to developers and Alice Langs the bones are discovered under the bed of flower. Will, Still eaten for a death of Alice, returns to Seven Sands, determined partorisca discover those who has murdered an amour of his life.

This novel is enriched for the strong sense of the atmosphere created for a slightly creepy, the park vacacional antiquated, and some the coastal pieces of the solitary estuary form a perfect phase partorisca the murder-mystery. His brilliantly executed for Douglas the one who always uses time and place partorisca effect add. A history unfolds by means of two timelines, spent and present, and some have launched all come low suspect. My loyalty has changed throughout: Will, an obsessed, spurned lover. A deVillars family, privileged and second looks on reproach, and then has some people around Marnie, some odd little daughter that'd has lost his mother in shadowy circumstances and is now the transmission of adult that prefers a company of animals. His father, and his unexplained absence in a night Alice has been partorisca lose…

Top Customer Reviews: THE TRUTH: A DC ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 10 ratings
5 / 5
A Truth, Peter Grainger, A DC Investigation of Smith.

Once again has to that declare that my descriptions of Gentleman Grainger the work is resulting repetitive. There is, after all, so only like this words that one can use to describe writing to notch upper, intriguing and believable plots, fascinating characters, and development of character that continuous in. Gentleman Grainer the work is exceptional in all these respects.

Are has wanted that A Truth is the DC investigation of Smith , the one who is one of mine all-time favourite characters. (This is not partorisca say, this in spite of, that does not enjoy Ladies so a lot of Grainger Serious of Investigations of Lake of King.) DC Door his acute alcohol, his incredible capacity to see under an obvious, and his wonderful dry sense of humour to the his first chance like the private detective. The for a wait is not his last. It finds work like the private detective quite different that his work like the detective. While it is at the beginning hesitant, can any one excepts to help a fellow old with the bad question and takes on this first chance with his usual capacity to clearly and calmly find a truth behind some lies.

Gentleman Grainger has a capacity to spend his characters to the in detail vivid life and to dip his readers to a beauty of a field as well as a sometimes brutality of life of inner city. If you enjoy cop procedurals and mysteries to murder in general, this is not the series to be stray. Gentleman Grainger always rids to first-class and captivating read. I am not never be once disappointed and have a lot of hesitation in recommending this novel, or any one is or a series of Lake of Rey. Each book is both the history to continue and the stand-alone mystery. If there is not reading a series of Book 1, to good sure suggests has to that.

Continuous write Gentleman Grainger. I can not help but the marvel where will go you afterwards. Behind to Lake of Rey, more than DC like the Private Detective, or perhaps, melting he of both. Any @@subject that or where, can be sure , a reader, will be to expect.
4 / 5
A better way to read this series is to expect the box is finalising and read the one of an extreme to the another. The details interweave and is hard to agree them when read with empty of time. I thought it finalising and there is enjoyed a new series with some of some same characters. But with these returns of book and is the page turner. Well writing and reflective in the philosophical way. Hope there will be more!!
4 / 5
Has been thrilled to see had the new DC novel of Smith and I could not expect for an audible, has had to know that it is afterwards in DC life! Well paced line of history with more than our friends of the centrical lake and some travesía have comprised. In my ear of alcohol has listened DC that speaks in Gildart the voice and I will take a audiobook when it is was and the enjoy throughout again in the more leisurely Humour of no., tension and inevitably touches of some realities of our moral decisions in life. Thank you Peter Grainger can hardly attended for a prójimo a!
5 / 5
Has thrilled to fulfil Smith again. It is such the dynamic character . A thoroughly enjoyable has read. I can not expect for a prójimo a
4 / 5
the characterisation Adds , plausible plot, the detail adds , page turner and writing in excellent English .
The author is one of a better .
5 / 5
Likes Bosch and Rebus, DC is too a lot the cop
- and too much well the character - to remain take. Thoroughly enjoyable. I expect that ossia so only a prime minister of a lot “ DC PI” novels to come.
4 / 5
Happy to be of tower with DC. Enjoyed a travesía abroad as well as some transfers in a plot. It maintains him coming.
4 / 5
Has read this book in a seating. Once it begins one of Peter Grainger the books can never dipped the down. I can not say enough in a quality of a writing in the books of Peter!
4 / 5
Joy Peter Grainger escriture a lot of. DC Smith Is my favourite character I hope there will be more work to maintain has occupied.
5 / 5
I certainly expect like this. Grainger Is brilliant! No more so much of his protagonist! Thank you For an add and on-far-too much-punctual history.

Top Customer Reviews: The Hollow: Hercule ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 40 ratings
5 / 5
Totally my failure. I have bought a version of Chinese tongue for deception. It does not know like this partorisca exchange he partorisca an English version
4 / 5
arrives in timing partorisca solve the murder.
Hercules Poirot has TAKEN the weekend cottage in a country. Of course his new neighbours, a Angkatells, Lucy and Henry, invite partorisca join his houseparty partorisca luncheon. Some other guests comprise Dres. John Christow, the sound that adores and boring woman Gerda, his mistress Henrietta Savernake, a renowned sculptor as well as Midge Hardcastle, the far prime minister, David Angkatell another far prime minister at present in Cambridge and Edward Angkatell, a current occupant of a property familiarised, Ainswick.
Is partorisca give background information in these characters and his reports to an another in some inaugural chapters of a novel. For a time Poirot arrives in a scene a tension is like this fat that it is almost the relief when a murder is committed! Some progresses of history in typical Christie way, all some clues are dipped enough has left a reader to order by means of some red herrings to solve a crime.
This 1946 novel has to that the long of, could be filmed today like this neither the piece of period or up to date and be enjoyed any way. Christie Has questioned an appearance of Poirot in this history, Hercules is not pivotal to the east a, although he no detract of a book neither. Ossia One of these books that could be enjoyed for any Christie defenders of detective as well as his devotees. In fact this an even could be enjoyed for that is not particularly defenders of mystery of the murder.
4 / 5
Like this in the majority of Agatha Christie mysteries, has gathers he in a Space, a house of the rich English pair. The majority of some people there are related in a way or another to a host pair, a Angkatells. One of some guests, Dres. Christow, Is married the Gerda but is spending in a subject with another guest has appointed Henrietta. A Angkatells' the results closely to be the woman the one who has been involved to marry Dr. Christow, But the one who has on broken with him before a pair has been treated. Dr. Christow Is interested in of the women, but his looks of main house to be in his work, in that is researching the scarce illness. Any one surprisingly, Christow is a victim of murder, and his woman Gerda is found when being on the with the gun. Hercules Poirot Is the guest in a house and comes to a scene shortly after a murder. It researches it further, it is discovered that a gun in Gerda the hand has not been used in a murder. As Of some guests another there is had the motive? Some police of detective goes to pursue after red herrings while Poirot uses his few ashes of cells and has sucedidos in finding a murderous. Ossia Agatha typical Christie, with an usual fascinating transfer in an end.
5 / 5
Agatha Christie Again that she more: it gathers the group of varied characters in the property of country, resupplies motive and occasion for each of them to commit the murder, and then leaves the murder to arrive.
A setting for "An Empty" (also published like "Murder After the Hours") it is a house of Gentleman Henry Angkatell and his fascinating Crown of woman Lucy Angkatell. A weekend houseparty launches a mystery to Hercules Poirot, the neighbour the one who has the weekend cottage near, has been invited. Also this present: Henrietta Savage, talented young sculptress; Midge Hardcastle, poor report the one who read in the tent of dress; Edward Angkatell, shy bookworm enamoured with Henrietta; David Angkatell, the university student; Dr. John Christow, long-fellow of time of a Angkatells and lover of Henrietta, and Gerda Christow, the woman of John.
When Poirot Arrives for a weekend, in the first place has entered a zone of swimming pool where the organism dips. Near it is the person that resists the revolver. The simple sounds, but the appearances often are deceiving.
Christie Once again gives another variac. In one the majority of likely person that is blamed in a brilliant fashion that beats so only. Never it pursues out of finals of surprise, and ossia one of the his more final.
4 / 5
Loves this mystery--I am not sure reason. Usually it would hate it, but has something in an odd eeriness of him all that really done read me.
John scientific determinate Christow is dissatisfied with his life-- has the quite stupid, insecure but sweet-natured woman and two brainy boys, and a lover of artist has appointed Henrietta Savernake, of the one who first amour is his sculptures , a lot to his chagrin. Master sometimes to break out of his familiar and some ailing people that has to treat it.
When they Go to some lived old for a weekend, a coolly Henrietta ardent is not an only lover there--the promise of actora old of John the one who want like the boy-the toy is present, and does not want to take "any" for a response. Then John appears died.
Hercules Poirot And Henrietta investigation to untangle a mystery of the death of John, with totally of unexpected results. That is really special in this mystery is that some emotions of some characters spend to the long of, more than simply that follows clues and giving Poirot ideas. It is quite unusual for Christie to write the novel/mystery more than the right mystery, but is not unenjoyable.
5 / 5
Cups Christie together was to write the novel-and there has been sucedido. Some characters those who populate a typical country-house 'An Empty' is vivid and believable, motivated by amour, jealousies, aversion or exasperate them to me managed in the only way. One the majority of the character of entity is a victim , Dr. John Christow, whose dead is a point of centre of some romantic triangles among some eccentric Angkatell family, and the one who is linked with three women, all enamoured with him, but in of the very different ways: his woman, Gerda; his mistress, Henrietta Savernake; and his leading promise, Veronica Cray. Of course, a motive is jealousies , but some subjects of amour and jealousies are superbly has managed.
Some elements of history of the detective is not , this in spite of, Christie better. A murder is quite simple-the murderous is obvious, but some circumstances, involving several guns and the product of Ygdrasil, is inexplicable-and a whole thing is reworking of GENTLEMAN EDGWARE DIES. Poirot Is a lot in a fund, doing so only like the ex god schemed in an end- was the deception , Christie later felt, to have in a book.
A result: the beautiful still a bit defective masterpiece.
4 / 5
Christie Has accused often to be the very pragmatic writer whose work seldom contains atmosphere, three-dimensional characters, or complex emotions. There is more than the little truth to this critic--but when treating it plotline that in fact trusts these effects this literary plus Christie is more than able to fulfil a challenge.
Such is a chance with The SPACE, the odd and moody mystery in that both setting and an emotional complexity of some diverse characters is centrical to both history and solution. When The woman is founding when being with gun manually in a recently murdered organism of his husband, a solution would look obvious--but has extracted adds more than goes in in a known house like "An Empty" that fulfils an eye, and the majority of him is joined in the life of questionable amour of a victim. Although a solution to a mystery is not quite like this baffling like an usually attended of Christie, a novel is the joy , and his characters will remain to import a lot the time after a book is place averts.
4 / 5
Has listened that One.C. It has not believed Poirot apt well to this book, and would have to that it has spent. It could it has liked him to me this novel more if it had not been in him, but I the doubt. They are the enormous Poirot defender, and has has wanted to more each one another novel was in, but this book was besides ludicrous. A plot ailed paced, and for the neighbourhood of a way by means of a book, when his toneless and whiny the characters still were presented, was more than loaning to dip this book down. A lot too predictable for one of Christie histories. A game of this history does not look Poirot, a book has to that not having neither.
4 / 5
Glorious. Some characterisations are much deeper that it is usual in Christie, and to the discharge adds, is character that favour to a solution here. There are clues, of course, but is to read a dialogue and some characters' thought that has a casualidad better in solving a puzzle. It is true that Poirot is quell'has bitten superfluous here; some works of history equally well without him (Christie has take when it has written a game), but if his presence does not add anything, neither he detract of an effect of this unusually the history built and deeply moving.
5 / 5
Enjoyed it much more in a second reading. Poirot Apt to a history, as it perceptive and benevolent presence in some sidelines. It likes- one way some diverse characters find excuses to visit his cottage (an aim, modern concrete box, of course). Another reviewer called a houseparty "that receives" - a whole point is that it has not been to be never cosy. All some characters are anguished and have ambiguous reports with each another, his lives and a past. You want to know that it spends to them all with which some finals of book, especially the edges of a victim. Two defects: the sculptures of Henrietta touch terrible, and is the shame Christie random anti-Semitism has not been modified was.