Why Didn't They Ask Evans?: Complete & Unabridged - Agatha Christie

Advantages: Mysterious Title
Disadvantages: The Murder can be guess after reading half of the book

...Why didn't they ask Evans?? And until almost the end of the book, Evans still some mystery. The book is about how Bobby Jones, a Vicar's son, an amiable-looking young man finds a crumpled body of a dying man while playing golf and in his final breath the dying man says, " Why didn't they ask Evans?". Without any clue who is Evans, Bobby get involve into mortal danger with his vivacious companion Lady Frances Derwent (Frankie), a young bright lady full of ideas. Can they solve this intriquing mystery? Are they get out from the mortal danger? This is another Agatha Christie's great book, without her famous Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple. Its show how great Agatha Christie as known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. She can put any Characters in her book and showing that actually anybody can be a great detective, mean... Read review

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Advantages: Compelling read
Disadvantages: Seems somewhat childlike

...over the cliff and discovers a dying man. As the doctor runs to get help, Bobby remains with the man and watches him die, but not before he has said the words: 'Why didn't they ask Evans?' After his death, Bobby finds the picture of a beautiful young woman in his pocket, then leaves the body with another man as he rushes off to fulfil a commitment. The death is put down to suicide, and the man's identity becomes known after the picture found in his pocket is published in the newspapers. But Bobby and his friend, Lady Frances Derwent, become suspicious after Bobby is invited to go to a South American country to work and then is nearly killed after someone puts a strong dose of morphine in his beer. Between them, they decide that the man left with the body after Bobby's departure, Roger Bassington-ffrench, must have something to do... Read review

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Advantages: Interesting to listen to while on a long drive..
Disadvantages: none

...to the Arabs and the people she was dealing with," ..Rosalind spent a season with Christie and Max Mallowan, at a dig in Syria in the 1930's. "She understood how they lived. She didn't try to interfere in their life in any way."... In Murder in Mesopotamia, Hercule Poirot solves homicides at a dig in Iraq...The dig, in southern Iraq, gave Christie the setting and several characters for Murder in Mesopotamia. .. THE STORY IN BRIEF The story is told to us by Nurse AMY LEATHERAN, travelling in Iraq.... "I dont pretend to be an author or to know anything about writing,I am doing this simply because DR RILEY asked me to , and somehow when Dr.Riley asks you to do a thing you don't like to Refuse... "Oh, but Doctor", i said " I am not literary at all " " Nonsense" he said " treat it as case sheets if you like" Dr.Riley went on. He said... Read review

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