Appointment With Agatha discussion

Publication history (courtesy of Wikipedia):

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in September 1934 and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1935 under the title of The Boomerang Clue.[ The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence and the US edition at $2.00.

I cheated a little and started this yesterday. I was driving for about nine hours so on the outward journey I put it on in the car and listened to it. I'm really enjoying it. I love Frankie. She's a 'bright young thing' but with a good head on her shoulders.

I've got a library copy ready to read.

I am normally not the biggest fan of Christie's thrillers, but I really liked this one. I think I would have preferred more books with Frankie than T&T.

I agree Tara. She would have been wonderful in more books.

Frankie was a delight! And Dame Agatha kept me suspecting almost everyone, including the actual culprit, which threw me off a bit. Usually I suspect everyone except the actual culprit.

I'm finished and really enjoyed it. I didn't guess who the culprit was until very near the end.
I listened to an audio read by Emilia Fox and she was very good at the different voices.

Teresa wrote: "I'm finished and really enjoyed it. I didn't guess who the culprit was until very near the end.
I listened to an audio read by Emilia Fox and she was very good at the different voices."

She is pretty good, but Hugh Fraser is still my favorite Christie audiobook narrator.

I'm halfway through and am enjoying it a lot.

I'm finishing a couple of books before I start this one!

Tara wrote: "I am normally not the biggest fan of Christie's thrillers, but I really liked this one. I think I would have preferred more books with Frankie than T&T."

I've started this one and I'm not too far in, but I was also thinking the pairing in this was similar to Tommy and Tuppence; good to hear you liked them more.

Question: Are we reading Why Didn't They Ask Evans and Murder on the Orient Express out of order? I vaguely remember there was a mention of it, possibly due to winter, but I can't find the post.

Marie wrote: "Question: Are we reading Why Didn't They Ask Evans and Murder on the Orient Express out of order? I vaguely remember there was a mention of it, possibly due to winter, but I can't find the post."

They were both published in 1934. MotOE was published in January & WDTAE was published in September. I did reverse the order b/c I wanted the group to read MotOE in December.

Christine PNW wrote: "Marie wrote: "Question: Are we reading Why Didn't They Ask Evans and Murder on the Orient Express out of order? I vaguely remember there was a mention of it, possibly due to winter, but I can't fin..."

Gotcha. I was organizing my physical Christie bookshelf chronologically and got confused.

Marie wrote: "Christine PNW wrote: "Marie wrote: "Question: Are we reading Why Didn't They Ask Evans and Murder on the Orient Express out of order? I vaguely remember there was a mention of it, possibly due to w..."

I'm not sure I even knew which one was published first when I set the order - I just knew that Murder on the Orient Express would be perfect for December!

I'm finished reading Why Didn't They Ask Evans too. It was a cheery read. I've been enjoying reading the Christie books once per month with this group because of her light touch in between some good but heavy reads at times, selected by other groups I belong to.
Great characters, I don't recall reading any of her books that were not Miss Marple or Hercules Poirot and, at first, I was waiting, for one of them to appear.