The Christie Curse
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101619445 (1101619449)
Publish date: March 5th 2013
Publisher: Berkley Books
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: A Book Collector Mystery (#1)
Series: Book Collector Mystery #1 This book sounded cute: a recent college grad gets a job doing research on finding literary collectibles, and her first task is to try to find a previously unknown Christie play. It started off okay, and there's a cute dog, but I got tired of the descriptions of J...
This was another "purse" book. They always take me longer to read, but I scanned parts of this so it was a bit quicker than usual. I don't like Agatha Christie (ducking all the sticks & stones!), and this was a bit reminiscent of her style to me. I didn't like it and won't bother with the next on...
This was certainly a solid first in series, but I'm not totally sold. Jordan is certainly a likable enough lead, but she she'll need more depth to sustain a series. Vera and the Signora Panettone seemed as though the stepped out of the classic mysteries of old and I warmed to them quickly. The Uncle...
This book was a 5 star read until about 2/3 of the way through. I remember just about everything I read, so take this next bit with a grain of salt if you don't agree. About 2/3 of the way through the book, Jordan starts on the introspection, internal dialogue and "let's make a list of the suspect...