Hi everyone, I’m back with my monthly wrap-up for February.
With the shorter month and the Chinese festivities of the Lunar New Year (which means more time spent with family and friends instead of my nose in my books), I only managed to complete 5 novels, a couple of Sherlock Holmes novellas and a handful of short stories.
I’ll start with the novel which was the book of the month for me.
A Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars.
Genre: Mystery, Murder Mystery, Fiction
Published: June 1950 by Collins Crime Club
All hail the queen of murder mystery, Agatha Christie!
I recently finished The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, my first ever Agatha Christie read and a masterful display of writing. As that book is now among my favourites, I was quite eager to sample more of the author’s works and decided on a book in her Miss Marple series. It was not a completely random choice, rather the blurb was extraordinarily compelling and promised a very intriguing plot.
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
My rating: 5 of 5 stars.
Genre: Mystery, Murder Mystery, Fiction
Published: June 1926 by William Collins, Sons
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is singularly spectacular.
After recently enjoying some mystery fiction, I decided to explore the genre a bit more and my research concluded that there was hardly a better option than an Agatha Christie novel. I did not plan on reading any specific one until I perused an article on some of the best murder mysteries and saw an Agatha Christie book listed. First published back in 1926, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was voted the best crime novel ever in 2013 by the British Crime Writers’ Association. I had found my next read.
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