![]() ![]() the one I could never figure out or guess what was coming next. If you liked Crooked House, what should you read next Crooked House Murder on the Orient Express Hercule Poirot (Book 10) Endless Night Death on the Nile. ![]() I certainly never saw it coming nor did I ever see the clues for what they were.ĭefinitely my favorite of all the Agatha Christie mysteries. At Sophia's behest, Charles is the one to investigate and solve the murder for until he accomplishes the task, Sophia will not marry Charles. All had alibis as well as the opportunity and motive for wanting the mean old man dead.Ĭharles Hayward (the son of a Scotland Yard detective) is engaged to marry aristide's granddaughter, Sophia Leonides. Living with him in the old mansion were: his two sons & their wives, his three grandchildren, his first wife's sister, his young and beautiful second wife, and his grandchildren's tutor. Fully aware of his familys' shortcomings, he spoke the truth as he saw it, no matter whom he upset. He wasn't a very nice man, yet he was a very rich man who took care of his family. Suspicion falls on the whole household, including Aristide's two sons, his widow fifty years his junior and even his three grandchildren. Then the wealthy patriarch, Aristide, is murdered. "Writing 'Crooked House' was pure pleasure and I feel justified in my belief that this is one of my best." Agatha Christie.Īristide Leonides is dead of poisoning. Want more Advanced embedding details, examples, and help ISBN 978-0-00-745165-4 9 11 1111111111111111111111 780007 451654 > Agatha. Three generations of the Leonides family live together in a large, if somewhat crooked looking, house. ![]()
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