Want to read short but interesting detective stories all in one book? Then “Murder On The Mews” by Agatha Christie will get you hooked up in not time. We see one of Agatha Christie’s most famous detectives Hercule Poirot deal with 4 weird cases that seem unsolvable. Christie’s writing had me glued to my couch once again, wanting to read more.
The book is 280 pages but none of the stories have connection with one another, so you can stop after reading one or two. The book starts off with an interesting case: How can a women shoot herself from the left while holding the gun in her right hand? Poirot has to carefully investigate and make everyone believe him.
Poirot’s attention to detail really sparked in the second case. Will he be able to solve the mystery behind the secret military plans going missing? And what does it have to do with a silhouette of a ghost? I thought I had an idea about the person behind it, but turns out I was completely wrong! The plot twists had me turning the pages every ten seconds.
In the third case however, Poirot has to crack the logic in order to know the murderer. An egoist man, Sir Gervase Chevenix-Gore was found dead in his study room. Everyone thought it was suicide. But how can the bullet crash the mirror that was in the other corner of the room? Would a man who thinks he is the king of the world actually kill himself? Don’t be discouraged to read in the first few chapters because it only gets faster and more interesting from there.
The last case stars a beautiful woman whose name is Valentine going on a holiday to an island called “The Rodos Island”. Will she be able to come out alive? Or will she get stuck in the dangerous love triangle? Hercule Poirot does his best in solving the case, once again.
This is a book I would recommend to everyone who loves mysteries and is older than 13. But be careful not to get too into the book and forget about your responsibilities!