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Murder Is Easy by Agatha Christie
3.0
I was looking for a quick book to audiobook while I was waiting for my next credit on Audible, and by jove, I found a full audiobook of Murder Is Easy on YouTube. I haven't really been one for murder mysteries, but I don't know why because I really enjoy true crime tv shows. When I saw that this was a pretty short book, I decided to jump on the band wagon.
This story follows Luke Fitzwilliam, a retired investigator who is boarding a train and meets a woman named Mrs. Pinkerton, who has a curious story about the town she lives in. There have been a string of deaths, though they seem to be suspicious, and she believes that by visiting The Scotland Yard that she will be able to get some real help for the town. She claims she knows who the killer is, although she never reveals the name of the person. When the name of the person Mrs. Pinkerton believed was on the killers hit list shows up in the obituaries, along with Mrs. Pinkerton's, Luke feels as though he needs to get to the bottom of the case. He travels to Wychwood under Ashe, and meets many of the small towns residents. He claims to be writing a book about legends and witchery, while he attempts to solve the case of who the murderer could be. But there are more than one person in this town that could have motive, and sometimes a killer finds it easy to hide, when they find that murder is easy. (See what I did there? :D)
I can't say that the writing was phenomenal or the characters were lovable, but I did enjoy listening to the story. It provided enough suspicion and mystery to keep me intrigued, and I had my own guesses as to who the murderer could be. The end actually took me by surprise, which is refreshing in a book like this as you can sometimes guess where it is going from a mile away. But I wasn't overly invested in the characters or the writing, so this one gets a three star review from me.
I did like seeing some of the threads that were laid down, especially considering the time period that this book was written in. Women are seen as silly and relatively unintelligent, when that is definitely not the case. The women in this story definitely have their intuitive moments and are usually right about what they are feeling. They are also relatively outspoken and don't quietly go into the boxes the men of the story try to draw around them.
I realize that this is book 4 of a series, but I don't think it would be necessary to read them in order as I didn't feel like I needed to know any other information before diving into this.
This story follows Luke Fitzwilliam, a retired investigator who is boarding a train and meets a woman named Mrs. Pinkerton, who has a curious story about the town she lives in. There have been a string of deaths, though they seem to be suspicious, and she believes that by visiting The Scotland Yard that she will be able to get some real help for the town. She claims she knows who the killer is, although she never reveals the name of the person. When the name of the person Mrs. Pinkerton believed was on the killers hit list shows up in the obituaries, along with Mrs. Pinkerton's, Luke feels as though he needs to get to the bottom of the case. He travels to Wychwood under Ashe, and meets many of the small towns residents. He claims to be writing a book about legends and witchery, while he attempts to solve the case of who the murderer could be. But there are more than one person in this town that could have motive, and sometimes a killer finds it easy to hide, when they find that murder is easy. (See what I did there? :D)
I can't say that the writing was phenomenal or the characters were lovable, but I did enjoy listening to the story. It provided enough suspicion and mystery to keep me intrigued, and I had my own guesses as to who the murderer could be. The end actually took me by surprise, which is refreshing in a book like this as you can sometimes guess where it is going from a mile away. But I wasn't overly invested in the characters or the writing, so this one gets a three star review from me.
I did like seeing some of the threads that were laid down, especially considering the time period that this book was written in. Women are seen as silly and relatively unintelligent, when that is definitely not the case. The women in this story definitely have their intuitive moments and are usually right about what they are feeling. They are also relatively outspoken and don't quietly go into the boxes the men of the story try to draw around them.
I realize that this is book 4 of a series, but I don't think it would be necessary to read them in order as I didn't feel like I needed to know any other information before diving into this.