Hallowe’en party by Agatha Christie

Hallowe’en party by Agatha Christie was a book I saw reviewed on Kelly’s blog and decided to read it in the run-up to Halloween. While the book has very little connection to Halloween, which is a shame, it is still a murder mystery, so suitable for that reason only. I did not guess the murderer and the book was fine. I can’t say that I was particularly pleased by the ending, as it was a bit too complicated for my taste.

The story is simple. At a Hallowe’en party, a teenager called Joyce tells everyone that she saw a murder a few years ago. Because she lied about various things, nobody actually believed her. She is found drowned in a tub for apple-bobbing, in the house.

That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find who did it. Obviously, as anyone can assume, the two murders are connected, which I found very interesting. I liked that line of story. Overall it was a lovely read and I would recommend it, but it was not my favourite book. I wish the ending was a bit less complicated and more realistic.

Hallowe’en party by Agatha Christie

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My rating: 4/5 Stars
Would I recommend it: yes
Published by: Harper
Year it was published: 2001 (first published in 1969)
Format: Paperback
Genre(s): Fiction
Pages: 336

About the author: Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, as the youngest of three. Before marrying and starting a family in London, she had served in a Devon hospital during the First World War, tending to troops coming back from the trenches. During the First World War, she worked at a hospital as a nurse; later working at a hospital pharmacy, a job that influenced her work, as many of the murders in her books are carried out with poison. During the Second World War, she worked as a pharmacy assistant at University College Hospital, London, acquiring a good knowledge of poisons which feature in many of her novels.
Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, came out in 1920. During her first marriage, Agatha published six novels, a collection of short stories, and a number of short stories in magazines. In 1930, Christie married archaeologist Max Mallowan (Sir Max from 1968) after joining him in an archaeological dig. Their marriage was especially happy in the early years and remained so until Christie’s death in 1976.
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