A review by octavia_cade
The Herb of Death: A Short Story by Agatha Christie

mysterious fast-paced

3.0

I have to admit that my guess as to who the culprit was, and why they acted as they did, was completely wrong. On the one hand, it's more evidence that I am terrible at mysteries, but on the other it's nice to be surprised. It is less nice that the culprit got away with it, and that the person they confessed to pretty much buried the knowledge of what happened so that said culprit continued to maintain their reputation even after their death. Given their horrible actions, that's pretty awful. 

There's not a lot of justice here, and I'm not especially happy about that.