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A Pocket Full Of Rye - Agatha Christie

                                                             Image Courtesy : Amazon Rex Fortescue, a wealthy business man, dies suddenly in office after drinking a cup of tea. A good quantity of Rye was found in his office coat. Inspector Neele arrives at the place to investigate the crime. After few days, Rex Fortescue’s second wife, Adele , who is the prime suspect for the murder of her husband, is also found dead. On the same day, Gladys Martin, the parlours maid, is also found dead. Miss Marple feels that she has some responsibility to identify who the killer is as she is the one who had trained Gladys in the duties of a house. Did Miss Marple succeed in finding the murderer? Like any other christie novel, this one strikes a cord with the readers and it is simply unputdownable. She plays fair with the readers by t...

Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz

                                                            [Image courtesy : Amazon ] Alan Conway is the author of 8 successful novels featuring Atticus Pund. Each book in the series is edited by Susan Ryeland who works in Cloverleaf publications. He provides his latest novel “Magpie Murders” to Susan for her feedback. Susan reads the whole book but finds that the final chapters of the book is missing. She thinks it is a deliberate attempt by Alan to see whether she can identify the murderer. To her surprise, she finds that Alan has committed suicide. She is determined to find the final chapters of Magpie murders. In the process, she discovers various hidden secrets of Alan Conway’s life.   This is one of those books where you will be hooked till you complete it. The readers will be treated with not one but two whodu...