Friday, May 4, 2012

The Murder at Hazelmoor

1931, 1984 Berkley [sic] Books edition
Agatha Christie
The Murder at Hazelmoor
Original price $2.95, bought used for $2.75 (one of the worst "bargains" so far)
Worn paperback
C+

As with Unnatural Death, I think I've only read this once before.  In fact, it was just in the last five years that I thought I should read Agatha Christie, but didn't get drawn in.  This is actually a weaker book than the Sayers's mystery.  There are too many detectives and the murderer feels random.  Also, I didn't think much of the main romance, or the decoy romance.  On the plus side, the setting is reasonably well done, and I like the Ouija-like board-tapping scenes.

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