The Seven Dials Mystery

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Summary: Agatha - just a little different!- enjoy the young sleuths!
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~ I liked this book very much, because the style and pacing are just different enough! Very different approach from the "who-dun-it" routine that is wonderful in her Poirot, and Miss Marple series, but can get a little wearying if you are reading a lot of Agatha Christies' best.
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The somewhat reluctant sleuths in this story are the fast young crowd who gather at "Chimneys" for a house party. It is somewhat easier to follow if you have read "Secret at Chimneys" first. However, I hadn't read it and this was still very entertaining. Superintendent Battle seems as inscrutable and impassive as ever. Lady "Bundle" is very endearing, as is her friend Bill, especially, as his feelings for her become more apparent.
When a member of their party is killed, and seven alarm clocks left inexplicably on the mantle, the young people grasp for clues: going to the Unsavory "Seven Dials" neighborhood.
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Unlike Poirot, who sits and lets his gray cells work, or Miss Marple, who finds similarities between any current case and remarkable incidents from her life in her small village: these bright dashing young heroes follow the trail head first, putting themselves in awkward positions!
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This is a nice, enjoyable, satisfying and entertaining mystery- in a style just different enough to be interesting! I really recommend this one for an Agatha Christie slight change of Pace!

Rating:
Summary: Agatha - just a little different!- enjoy the young sleuths!
Review: ~ * * * * ~
~ I liked this book very much, because the style and pacing are just different enough! Very different approach from the "who-dun-it" routine that is wonderful in her Poirot, and Miss Marple series, but can get a little wearying if you are reading a lot of Agatha Christies' best.
~ * * * * ~
The somewhat reluctant sleuths in this story are the fast young crowd who gather at "Chimneys" for a house party. It is somewhat easier to follow if you have read "Secret at Chimneys" first. However, I hadn't read it and this was still very entertaining. Superintendent Battle seems as inscrutable and impassive as ever. Lady "Bundle" is very endearing, as is her friend Bill, especially, as his feelings for her become more apparent.
When a member of their party is killed, and seven alarm clocks left inexplicably on the mantle, the young people grasp for clues: going to the Unsavory "Seven Dials" neighborhood.
~ - * * * * - ~
Unlike Poirot, who sits and lets his gray cells work, or Miss Marple, who finds similarities between any current case and remarkable incidents from her life in her small village: these bright dashing young heroes follow the trail head first, putting themselves in awkward positions!
~ - * * * * - ~
This is a nice, enjoyable, satisfying and entertaining mystery- in a style just different enough to be interesting! I really recommend this one for an Agatha Christie slight change of Pace!