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The Sittaford Mystery - Agatha Christie

                                                         Image courtesy : Amazon Mrs Willett and her daughter host an evening of a seance (google says it as "a meeting at which people attempt to make contact with the dead") on a snowy winter's evening in Sittaford. One of the spirit informs them that Captain Trevelyan is murdered. Major Burnaby is worried and decides to check out the well being of his close friend.To everyone's shock, Major Travelyan is actually found dead. James Pearson, captain's nephew, is arrested due to the circumstantial evidences that was  against him. Miss Emily Trefusis, James fiancee, along with Charles (a journalist) is determined to save him at any cost. There are too many revelations that happen over the course of the book. In addition to the murder mystery , AC also reveals who is Mrs Willet? why are...

The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side

[Image courtesy : BBC] What is your favourite Miss Marple novel?.  The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side.                 said most of the readers in Facebook. What do i think? Read on. Remember Gossington Hall? The famous place where Colonel Arthur Bantry and his wife saw a dead body in the library? Another murder happens in the same house after several years. Is the Gossington hall haunted? St. Mary Mead is no longer a small village and Miss Maple is no longer old. She is older and definitely more wiser.   Marina Gregg, a famous film star has purchased Gossington Hall and in a party hosted by her, Heather Badcock was suddenly found dead due to over dose of Anti depressant Calmo. It was later revealed that Badcock took the Marina’s glass and intended victim was Marina Gregg. Who tried to kill Marina? What is their motive? The answers to all these questions are provided by our very own Miss Mraple. It is int...