Category: Mystery

The Sign of Four is another interesting Sherlock Holmes novel. In his second act of presenting our beloved detective, Conan Doyle fares better. Structure-wise,…

When a blaze destroys Little Thatch and its tenant, Nicholas Vaughn, perishes in the blaze, it is ruled that the cause of death is…

Fell Murder is a grim murder-mystery story penned by Lorac. I say “grim” only relating to the murder-mystery. The story isn’t grim, far from…

Of all the murder mysteries I’ve read of E.C.R. Lorac, Checkmate to Murder is the best one. It is very cleverly written, with a…

When a murder takes place in a village, don’t expect to find the culprit if he is a villager. If he is an outsider,…

The Sittaford Mystery is another enjoyable standalone murder mystery by our queen of crime, Agatha Christie. Set in an isolated small village in Dartmoor,…

When I started with this read, I had some difficulty in connecting with it; something I have not experienced with my previous reads of…

I very much enjoyed this particular installment of the Poirot series. The story was for me one of the good ones in the series….

In The ABC Murders, Poirot is challenged by a serial killer, or it seems to be the case. The murderer is so bold that…

This is my second time reading of a standalone murder-mystery by Agatha Christie, and I find it to be quite a different experience. I’ve…