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                                                Image Courtesy : Amazon Linnet Ridgeway has inherited a vast fortune from her parents and is constructing a house in England. Jacqueline De Bellfort, close friend of Linnet, is deeply in love with Simon Doyle. Jacqueline asks Linnet to consider Simon for the job of land agent. Linnet agrees and hires Simon. Linnet is smitten about Simon and marries him. The pair goes on a honeymoon to Egypt. They are surprised to find Jacqueline everywhere they go. Jacqueline derives pleasure by making the Doyle’s uncomfortable in her presence. Jacqueline considers that stalking is the best revenge to the pairs betrayal. Poirot, who is on a vacation , is approached by Linnet seeking help to end the trouble of Jacqueline. Poirot rejects Linnet’s proposal to act on her behalf as he feels that Linnet is at significant fault for...

                                                                                                                 Image Courtesy : Amazon A group of women gather at a book club and discuss about books. In one such meeting, there were altercations between couple of members of the club.   After the meeting, 2 of the members of the group were found dead in quick succession. Who has committed the murder? Does the murder has anything to do with the book club at all?   There is no protagonist in this book as all the characters have equal footing. If you have grown up reading detective novels featuring Poirot or Sherlock Holmes, be prepared well in advance, as this book is not a larger th...

                         Image Courtesy : Amazon Richard Abernethie, a wealthy man, dies at home. All the relatives of Richard gather together to discuss the will during which, Richard’s sister, Cora says Richard is actually murdered. Cora is found dead the next day. Mr Entwhistle, the family solicitor, calls up Poirot and requests him to investigate both the murders. Poirot, as usual, using his little grey cells resolves the murderer. A typical Christie - Poirot murder mystery would be like, a murder is committed and there are 4 to 5 primary suspects. Each suspect has a motive to commit the murder and each of them has something to hide from the investigators. At the end, Poirot dramatically   reveals the murderer (who generally is the least suspect) by gathering all the participants in a room. After the funeral follows the exact typical, tried and tested formula of Agatha. Christie’s love for dysfu...

                                                Image Courtesy : Amazon The Fisher Queen's Dynasty narrates the series of incidents that lead up to Mahabharata from the perspective Satyavati, the grand matriarch of Kuru Family. Ever since the stupendous success of Shiva trilogy, mythology has become a favorite genre for many of the Indian writers to attract audience. I don’t mind reading them as long as these books bring in some fresh perspective or a refreshing retake on the incidents that could have happened centuries ago. Having said that, people like me, who have read and watched Mahabharata zillion times since childhood, this book does not bring in anything new to the tables.   Satyavati is generally considered as strong women in Mahabharata. Kavita Kane does nothing to bring this trait to the readers. Inspired by Palace of illusions (wh...