I am reading through the novels of Agatha Christie in the order in which they were written and writing a review on each one.
Why Didn't they Ask Evans?
1934
Description
When a man plunges down a cliff, two adventurous young friends decide to find his killer…
While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says, ‘Why didn’t they ask Evans?’
Haunted by these words, Bobby and his vivacious companion, Frankie, set out to solve a mystery that will bring them into mortal danger.
My Thoughts
This is the 21st book by Agatha Christie and the 4th Stand Alone Mystery
I have read this one a few times now and there are things I really like - the two main characters who are not sleuths but are very willing to become amateur sleuths and plunge in headlong to find out everything they can without completely thinking it all through.
I love to see this different side to Miss Christie's writing where there are silly blunders but also intuition worked into the storyline. Frankie and bobby may set out as naive friends who are just ready for an adventure but the way they actually care about the person who had died (even though Bobby had only met him briefly) is what really keeps them going through it all to get at the solution.
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Books by Agatha Christie
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