Three Blind Mice by Agatha Christie - a collection of short stories. The first is the best and longest of the group and is what the play Mousetrap is based on. Several people are trapped in a boarding house during a snowstorm and one of them is a murderer. Another good one is Tape-Measure Murder featuring Miss Marple.
4 stars
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Transcription by Kate Atkinson - Juliet is almost against her will recruited into MI5 at the beginning of WWII. Her purpose is to transcribe the recordings of a group of fifth columnists in an apartment. Unknown to them, they are being run by an agent of MI5. Soon, Juliet is also playing the part of a spy infiltrating a group of women. Ten years later Juliet works at the BBC but is still doing some work for the government. The whole time Juliet has never been sure of the loyalties of the many people she works with and neither are we. I loved the way this was written but didn't always know what was going on and am still slightly unsure.
4 stars
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Mrs McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie - the murderer of Mrs McGinty has been found, tried, and convicted but Superintendent Spence has some doubts. He goes to his friend Hercule Poirot and asks him to investigate. Poirot is running into dead ends until a chance remark leads him to someone with a hidden past that they are desperate to conceal.
4 stars
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The Under Dog and Other Stories by Agatha Christie - a collection of short stories, all featuring Hercule Poirot. At least one of them was expanded into a full length book. I listened to half of these on audio book and enjoyed the narration by Hugh Fraser and David Suchet. But couldn't stay awake.
3 stars
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