Source: Purchased
Description: The Tuesday Night Club is the name for a varied group of guests who challenge each other to solve recent, and not so recent, crimes. It begins one evening when the group gathers at Miss Marple’s house and the conversation turns to unsolved crimes. Over the weeks, we learn about the case of the dripping bloodstains, the thief who committed his crime twice over, the message from the death-bed of a poisoned man who talked of a 'heap of fish’, the strange case of the missing will, and a spiritualist who warned that ‘Blue Geraniums’ meant death.
Pit your wits against the powers of deduction of the ‘Tuesday Night Club’. But don't forget that Miss Marple is present. Sometime later, many of the same people are present at a dinner given by Colonel and Dolly Bantry. Another set of six problems. Even later there's a thirteenth. Can you match Miss Marple's performance? *Also published as The Tuesday Club Murders
Genre: Mystery - Classic
Why I Picked This Book: This was the February pick for the Read Christie 2025 Challenge
My Impression: I was so excited when I saw this on the Read Christie list as it is one of my favorite Christie books. This is a collection of short stories - 13 to be precise - where a group of people discuss mysterious situations that they have heard of and been involved in and the rest of the group tries to guess the solution. For the bulk of the stories Miss Marple's supercilious writer nephew is present and quite sure he has a superior knowledge of human nature. Also present is usually an artist named Joan and a high up police official and then there's a collection of doctors and artists and other respectable people. Always present, usually knitting and always underestimated is Miss Jane Marple.
Why I Picked This Book: This was the February pick for the Read Christie 2025 Challenge
My Impression: I was so excited when I saw this on the Read Christie list as it is one of my favorite Christie books. This is a collection of short stories - 13 to be precise - where a group of people discuss mysterious situations that they have heard of and been involved in and the rest of the group tries to guess the solution. For the bulk of the stories Miss Marple's supercilious writer nephew is present and quite sure he has a superior knowledge of human nature. Also present is usually an artist named Joan and a high up police official and then there's a collection of doctors and artists and other respectable people. Always present, usually knitting and always underestimated is Miss Jane Marple.
This is an interesting collection of mysteries - from small domestic crimes to splashy scandalous murders to a con or two. I love the interactions of the different characters and this gives shows just how Miss Marple becomes so admired by the police. It's a fun quick read told with an evening by the fire storytelling feel. It would be fantastic read one story at a time (though works well as a one sitting read) and is a fantastic way to meet Miss Marple.
Would I Read More of this Series/Author? Of course! I'm looking forward to the March read and will always enjoy a Christie reread.
Would I Recommend this Book? Definitely! This is enjoyable collection of short story mysteries for Christie fans and those new to Christie.
Would I Recommend this Book? Definitely! This is enjoyable collection of short story mysteries for Christie fans and those new to Christie.
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