Sue (5 KP) rated Hair of the Dog in Books
Aug 13, 2018
The book has a lot of great suspects to choose from; the grieving widow, the fired vet tech, an old friend that’s in love with the grieving widow, a flirty business rep, and a bookkeeper with memory problems. Just when you think you know who the murderer could be, another murder takes place. The characters are quirky and enjoyable, the pace of the book is good, and the plot/mystery has enough twists and turns.
This is the third book in the series but can be read as a stand-alone without much confusion.
Crown Court Killer (London Podcast Mystery #3) by Dahlia Donovan
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Months after saving their flamboyant theatre friend from disaster, DannelOrtea and OsianGarey are...
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Katarzyna Krasuska (81 KP) rated One By One in Books
Aug 10, 2018
It's been a while since a book had such an effect on me, as this one.
Detective Robert Hunter has to catch a sick murder, who broadcasts the murders, while getting the public to vote on how the victims are going to die.
Knowing how powerful social media is nowadays, I know that if this was to happen for real, people would vote and that scares me.
Seriously, the best description of murder ever.
I highly recommend this book to any true crime lover.
The Widow's Cruise
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A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY When private detective Nigel Strangeways books tickets for a holiday in the...
A Beautiful Corpse (Harper McClain #2)
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It’s a thin line between love and murder… A tense new thriller, perfect for fans of Clare...
Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated 2nd Chance (Women's Murder Club, #2) in Books
May 10, 2018
The takeover (2022)
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David McK (3633 KP) rated Death on the Nile (2022) in Movies
Apr 10, 2022
I've never seen that movie.
I have read the book on which it (Murder on Orient Express) is based, though.
As I'm not that big a fan of murder mysteries, I hadn't, however, read the story on which this is based.
Why does that matter?
Simply because it meant I was going into this with no preconceptions; no real idea of what would happen (other than there would be a murder which Poirot has to solve)!
I'm not sure whether the rest of Agatha Christie's Poirot novels are all like this or not - I've only read Murder on Orient Express and Murder of Roger Ackroyd, but I did find heavy similarities between the plots, with both Orient Express and is film largely taking place in a confined location, where there is a limited pool of suspects and where Poirot has to sit down and methodically think his way through.
This movie takes a while to get going, with the first hour or so in particular - I found - dragging quite a bit. I've also heard that there was extensive use of Green screen throughout, which might also explain why some of the Nile scenes just didn't sit quite right.
On the other hand, there is a veritable list of who's who acting talent on the screen: aside from Branagh himself, we have Gal Gadot (as the key victim), Emma Mackey, Arnie Hammer, Russel Brand (surprisingly understated), Annette Benning, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders (yes, that French and Saunders!), Letitia Wright and Sophie Okonedo - nearly all of whom would have their own motives for the murder.