We divided it into thirds so we could read over three days. What a clever tale! I was immediately drawn into the plot from the beginning. Christie isn’t usually someone to bring in a random at the end, so we are fairly certain it’s one of these folks. What’s going on? Who wanted the money? And how does everyone fit together? Throw in two nurses, a housekeeper, a gardener, a doctor, and the niece and nephew… and those are all your suspects. Then, the local girl ends up dead even if she didn’t get to inherit any money because the original will was never finished. She might have still included her niece and nephew by marriage, but we’re uncertain. She was about to change her will, possibly naming a local girl who visited her from time to time as her beneficiary. An elderly woman dies of seemingly natural causes. I’m on a kick to read them all in the next year. I’ve seen several film and tv adaptations of Christie’s books, but I’ve never caught this one. I chose this book with my friend Medhat as a buddy read this month. The book was published in 1940, but this series can be read out of order. Sad Cypress is the 21st book in the Hercule Poirot series written by Agatha Christie.
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