“I think people more often kill those they love, than those they hate. Possibly because only the people you love can really make life unendurable to you.”

Agatha Christie strikes again! I've think this is only my second Christie novel that is not a Poirot mystery, and I must say it's a bit of a breath of fresh air. This novel was particular interesting in that, while Christie makes you suspect quite literally every character at some point or another (as per usual), I found myself not really wanting any of them to have done it. Most of the time there are "good guys" and "bad guys" you hope are or are not guilty, but I feel like Christie very carefully crafted each of these characters to give the reader reason to suspect without reason to hate them. I also will say that I did guess the killer at one point but then decided I was definitely completely wrong well before it was finally revealed.