ACRC Carnival #2

Welcome to the February 23, 2009 edition of agatha christie monthly carnival.

Many thanks to those who contributed links in this the second Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Carnival. Do visit the participating blogs and leave comments if you have read the books. Welcome this month to some new participants.

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14 titles reviewed in this carnival:

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
THE ABC MURDERS
THE BIG FOUR
THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN
THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD
SAD CYPRESS
THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES (twice!)
HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS
MURDER AT THE VICARAGE
MURDER ON THE LINKS
THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY
THE SECRET ADVERSARY
THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY
BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS

The participants

• from my bookshelf
• e-Justice Blog
• Masters in Criminal Justice
• Euro Crime
• What Kate's Reading
• MYSTERIES in PARADISE
• zhen's tofu shop
• An unfinished person (in this unfinished universe)
• My Two Blessings
• Joyfully Retired
• A library is a hospital for the mind
• JUST BOOKS
• BooksPlease

General

David Edmonds presents And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie posted at from my bookshelf.... He says that Christie's knack for misdirection is amazing.

Erika Collin presents Private Eye Reading: The Top 50 Detective Blogs posted at e-Justice Blog.

Sarah Scrafford presents 25 Most Shocking Crimes in Social Media History posted at Masters in Criminal Justice.

Hercule Poirot

Karen M presents Evil Under the Sun - for the Wii posted at Euro Crime, saying, "Games for the Wii and PC."

Kate presents The ABC Murders posted at What Kate's Reading, saying, "A brief review of The ABC Murders, one of my favorite Agatha Christie novels."

KerrieS posting at MYSTERIES in PARADISE presents

• THE BIG FOUR, Agatha Christie posted at saying, "Not so much a novel as a series of connected short stories"
• THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN saying, "This has stood the test of time very well."

ng kai-lee posting at zhen's tofu shop presents

• murder most foul: a review of agatha christie's "the murder of roger ackroyd" saying, "quite an entertaining read. Not what I would call the "best crime fiction in history" but dr.sheppard is a very likable character"
• and in sad cypress let me be laid posted at saying "one of my personal favourites of christie’s whodunits of all time."

unfinishedperson posting at An unfinished person (in this unfinished universe) presents

• The Mysterious Affair at Styles saying, "The first Poirot and not a disappointment."
• Murder on The Links saying "After going astray with her first Tommy and Tuppence, Dame Christie gets back on track with this Hercule Poirot novel."

Robin McCormack presents Hercule Poirot's Christmas posted at My Two Blessings.

Margot at Joyfully Retired presents The Mysterious Affair at Styles posted at Joyfully Retired.

Miss Marple

Sarah M. presents Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie posted at A library is a hospital for the mind..., saying, "First Miss Marple mystery. Rated a 3.5 out of 5."

Sherrie presents SATURDAY REVIEW posted at JUST BOOKS, saying about THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY, "Hi! Great book! Typical Miss Marple!"

Superintendent Battle

Sarah M. presents The Seven Dials Mystery posted at A library is a hospital for the mind..., saying, "A sequel of sorts to an earlier mystery, The Secret of Chimneys. Rated a 4 out of 5 stars."

Tommy and Tuppence

unfinishedperson presents The Secret Adversary posted at An unfinished person (in this unfinished universe), saying, "Not as good as her first book, but still worth borrowing from the library. Hopefully this series with Tommy and Tuppence gets better than this."

BooksPlease presents An Ordinary Couple? posted at BooksPlease, talks about BY THE PRICKING OF MY THUMBS saying, "Tuppence is obsessed with finding Mrs. Lancaster and the mysterious house by the canal."

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