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raerei 's review for:
The Secret Adversary
by Agatha Christie
So this isn't the actual book I read - I'm really reading a collection of 5 Christie books, but this is the best way to get credit for all the books. If I can count 15 volumes of a Manga one book, I can count a collection of novels, five books. The book I'm reading is [b:Agatha Christie: Five Complete Murder Mysteries|140332|Agatha Christie Five Complete Murder Mysteries (Secret Adversary/Murder of Roger Ackroyd/Boomerang Clue/Moving Finger/Death Comes as the End)|Agatha Christie|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266481020s/140332.jpg|117094] - and I'll use it as the last book.
For many years I was laboring under the impression that Agatha Christie was a romance novelist. A modern-day romance novelist. I'm not sure how the idea got into my head but she was prolific as many romance novelist were - she wasn't SFF so I didn't run across her in my section of the bookstore and then there was the name Christie. It's very girlish name. But whatever the reason when I found out she not only DIDN'T write mystery novels, she wrote early 20th century mystery novels I was floored. That's my favorite kind owing to Laurie King's [b:The Beekeeper's Apprentice|170237|The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)|Laurie R. King|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172375921s/170237.jpg|891863].
So when the chance came to get a book with five classic murder mysteries - and owing to the fact I left all my Christie back in Japan knowing I'd run across her in used book stores cheaper than shipping the books home, I jumped at the chance.
This book - The Secret Adversary has neither Poirot or Miss Marple so I hadn't read it before. And the story of Tuppence and Tommy's adventures across London looking for Jane Finn while avoiding the clutches of the mystery and shadowy Mr. Brown while the unravel a old old mystery was fun and engaging.
For many years I was laboring under the impression that Agatha Christie was a romance novelist. A modern-day romance novelist. I'm not sure how the idea got into my head but she was prolific as many romance novelist were - she wasn't SFF so I didn't run across her in my section of the bookstore and then there was the name Christie. It's very girlish name. But whatever the reason when I found out she not only DIDN'T write mystery novels, she wrote early 20th century mystery novels I was floored. That's my favorite kind owing to Laurie King's [b:The Beekeeper's Apprentice|170237|The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)|Laurie R. King|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172375921s/170237.jpg|891863].
So when the chance came to get a book with five classic murder mysteries - and owing to the fact I left all my Christie back in Japan knowing I'd run across her in used book stores cheaper than shipping the books home, I jumped at the chance.
This book - The Secret Adversary has neither Poirot or Miss Marple so I hadn't read it before. And the story of Tuppence and Tommy's adventures across London looking for Jane Finn while avoiding the clutches of the mystery and shadowy Mr. Brown while the unravel a old old mystery was fun and engaging.