Dr. John Christow is a man whom everyone admires: his friends, his wife, his lover, and his ex-fiancee for a start. Yet he ends up dead with his wife holding a gun and his lover’s name as his last word. It’s a scene set for Hercule Poirot, who has been invited to dine with his wealthy neighbours, and to him, it all seems too contrived to be true. I adore Agatha Christie. I’ve read probably about 90% of her mysteries (just not any Tommy and […]
CBR6 #1 Premeditated
Dinah Powell enrolls in Lowry, a new (and prestigious) school, after her cousin Claire falls into a coma. She dyes her hair back to blonde, removes her piercings, and puts on her most winning smile to take over Claire’s life. She wears the clothes Claire would have worn, makes the friends Claire would have made – and meets the boy Claire did meet, the one who ruined her life, the one who destroyed her. Dinah found Claire’s diary, all about Brooks, the boy from Lowry […]