I am reading through the novels of Agatha Christie in the order in which they were written and writing a review on each one.
The Hound of Death
1933
Description
A collection of macabre mysteries, including the superlative short story Witness for the Prosecution…
Twelve unexplained phenomena with no apparent earthly explanation…
A dog-shaped gunpowder mark; an omen from ‘the other side’; a haunted house; a chilling seance; a case of split personalities; a recurring nightmare; an eerie wireless message; an elderly lady’s hold over a young man; a disembodied cry of ‘murder’; a young man’s sudden amnesia; a levitation experience; a mysterious SOS.
My Thoughts
This is the 18th book by Agatha Christie and the 2nd Stand Alone Mystery
In actual fact it is a book of 12 short stories with no signs of any of her usual or seldom used detectives.
It is I think my least favourite of Agatha Christie books even though it contains the first writing of "Witness for the Prosecution" as a short story and later it became famous as a play.
Not entirely a group of detective stories but more stories of the mind or supernatural stories and a great deal of darkness contained therein.
The one I always remember the best is the one about the blue jar and it is more a con story than anything else, using the art of suggestion - this is a bit of a spoiler but not too much.
So if you are not a great Christie fan who wants to read all her books then this is one you may want to leave out unless you are intrigued by things of the mind.
Here is a link to a list of her novels on Amazon
Books by Agatha Christie
If thinking of reading this book in the future why not pin this pic to go back to later.
