The Pale Horse
The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters—brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room...
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The Queen of Mystery has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the acknowledged mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth Miss Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and so many other unforgettable characters—brings her entire oeuvre of ingenious whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing puzzles to Harper Paperbacks. In her classic The Pale Horse, an elderly priest is murdered, quite possibly doomed by a woman’s deathbed confession and by secrets kept safely locked behind closed doors of a mysterious local pub.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780062006707 (0062006703)
ASIN: B005CL8EZA
Publish date: February 10th 2010
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
I randomly chose this one from the Christie books on my kindle during the weather related blackout. I didn't know what to expect as I didn't easily have access to the synopsis (and I believe my phone was in my car charging when I first started this one), so I went into it rather blind. I enjoyed t...
I went into The Pale Horse without much hope that I would enjoy it - I'm down to the last 8 (now 7) Christie novels, and I'm reserving the ones that I thought would be the best bets for enjoyment to the end. The Pale Horse was published in 1961, between A Cat Among the Pigeons and The Mirror Crack...
The non-Poirot or Jane Marple books are usually hit or miss for me. However, Christie does a great job with this one. The book is slow moving at first. We follow a man named Mark Easterbrook who narrates the majority of the book. Initially we don't exactly know what's going on, we just know that the...
Not my favorite Christie Novel. The premise is interesting---can a witch murder through black magic? The mystery is, as always, well done. All the clues are there. The supporting cast provides interesting options for suspects. There is plenty of tension in the last quarter of the novel. However....
Not my favorite Christie Novel.The premise is interesting---can a witch murder through black magic? The mystery is, as always, well done. All the clues are there. The supporting cast provides interesting options for suspects. There is plenty of tension in the last quarter of the novel.However......
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