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Agatha Christie's The Seven Dials Mystery is a captivating blend of detective fiction and lighthearted adventure, first published in 1929. Set in the grand English estate of Chimneys, the novel follows a group of lively young aristocrats whose seemingly playful antics take an unexpected and sinister turn. When a seemingly…
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The Seven Dials Mystery doesn’t get mentioned very often, yet it’s a standout novel.
It lacks her beloved Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot but boasts one of Christie’s most underrated heroines; Eileen “Bundle” Brent. I wish I’d come across more ambitious, brave, young female characters like Bundle as a teenaged bookworm. Bundle does whatever she can to solve a murder, even hiding in the cupboards of a meeting room to catch a veiled group that can only be called a cult.
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The second in the new series featuring amateur sleuth Imogene Durant, a retired professor of Comparative Literature. This time she’s in Ireland, and in the right place to help out when her friend’s daughter is implicated for murder.
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