A review by booksrockcal
Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I read this book with a group and we were supposed to use all of January to finish. However, the story was so compelling I had to keep reading until I found out who had done it . In this story, a charwoman named Mrs McGinty is killed in her parlor. Her boarder is convicted of the murder and the detective running the case calls Hercule Poirot for a consultation as he doesn’t believe the young man is guilty. Poirot moves into a guesthouse in the village and begins to do research on all the people Mrs. MCGinty worked for in the village. They are all possible murderers once Poirot starts looking at them.  This is a Christie with a lot of humor especially related to his stay in the messy and disorganized guesthouse. Also it features a visiting character based on Agatha Christie herself. The characters were interesting and I did not figure out who the killer was. Every time I read a Christie novel I ask myself why I haven’t read more. So good!!