欧宝娱乐

There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
And they all liv'd together in a little crooked house.



It's a creepy little ditty, and it lines up quite well with this ultimately creepy little book.
Charles Hayward loves Sophia Leonides and only one tiny thing is keeping them from announcing their engagement.
Sophia's super-wealthy grandfather was just poisoned and everyone in her house is a suspect.
So? <--you say
Well, Charles's father is Sir Arthur Hayward, Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard, and is assigned to solve this case. Lucky for him, he's got a man on the inside to help him suss out the murderer.



Ok. I liked that Charles was upfront with Sophia about what his father wanted him to do, and I liked that Sophia herself wanted Charles to help investigate and find out what actually happened. It made the couple seem immediately solid, and you started rooting for them to come out of this whole ordeal and live happily ever after.



The family dynamic is strange because it's so...nice. The only weird thing was the part where it seemed like Christie was saying it was better for kids to not have loving feelings for their parents because that somehow would ruin their lives. Maybe this was the accepted wisdom of the day?
Hmm.
Anyway.
The murderer is chillingly unexpected and I absolutely loved the ending.
Highly Recommended for fans of Agatha Christie.