I was right! A few months ago, when I last read an Agatha Christie book, I proposed they would be better as audiobooks. So I put my money (or audible credit) where my mouth is and listened to this as an audiobook. It was delightful, as Hugh Fraser (the narrator)
The second installment from Ernest was as good - better? than the first. As before Stevenson picks a fantastic location for his mystery - this time the Ghan train crossing Australia. As before, Ernest breaks the 4th wall constantly, keeping the reader informed of the rules of golden age crime
The Boomerange Clue (or "Why didn't they ask Evans?" by Agatha Christie Ahhh, after last month's epic, this is just what I needed. One of a few standalone mysteries by the queen of mystery, this is a cracking little book. This is definately one
The Secret History by Donna Tartt I admit this book took some getting into but as soon as I had past the 100 page mark of this nearly 700 page tome, I found it surprisingly readable and I was hooked. Although I struggled initially to keep the characters straight in
The Searcher by Tana French The book jacket does indeed call Tana French our greatest living mystery writer. It seems a bold claim to make. The book is good, but not that good and not actually that much of a straight forward mystery. I would probably pick someone like Lisa