My second Christie mystery! And my first Poirot, to boot. I confess that I read this one next because it had Christmas in the title and that is enough for me!! But I was rewarded for my Christmas obsession with a classic country house Christmas murder of a family patriarch, with a house full of family members who all have good reasons to want him dead.
One of the fun parts of reading Christie well after seeing and reading a fair amount of media that is directly inspired by it is recognizing the source. Knives Out owes such an obvious debt to Christie, and it's just neat to be able to see what it's riffing on, and also how it's commenting on it. I don't know if Rian Johnson was a fan of this book in particular, but I would be very surprised if he hadn't read it. If I have a complaint about this book it's that it's not all that Christmas-y in feel, but the set up and murder itself is a lot of fun and the answer did evade me, even though it was all staring me right in the face. A lovely read for late spring when the weather turns cold again for one final (hopefully) freeze.
Grade: B
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