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'Family tensions and suspicions are adroitly handled, and the solution is characteristically surprising' New York Times 'Has the particular distinction of presenting a new temporary detective in place of Poirot or Miss Marple.' New York Herald Tribune Book Review
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Evidence that clears the name of a boy sentenced for killing his adopted mother arrives too late to save his life - so who did kill her? Dr. Arthur Calgary takes a ferry across the Rubicon River to Sunny Point, the home of the Argyle family. A year before, the matriarch of the family was murdered and a son, Jack, was convicted and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. Throughout the trial Jack had maintained his innocence, claiming he was hitchhiking on the night of the murder and he had been picked up by a middle-aged man in a dark car. Unable to locate this mystery man the police viewed Jack's as a lie. Calgary was the stranger in question, but he arrives to late for Jack -- who succumbs to pneumonia after serving just six months of his sentence. Feeling a sense of duty to the Argyles, Calgary is surprised when his revelation has a disturbing effect on the family -- it means one of the family is a murderer!
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Interesting character study,
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This review is from: Ordeal by Innocence (Mass Market Paperback)
Jack Argyle is acquitted, two years after his death, of murdering his mother, and the revelation of his innocence casts new doubt upon everyone in the Argyle household. Thus begins this Agatha Christie whodunit. Though it cannot compare to her earlier, better works, ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE does hold its own.ORDEAL BY INNOCENCE is most notable for the remarkable strength of all the characterizations, the dark, menacing atmosphere, and the fascinating themes of guilt and innocence that Christie brings up. The plot is not as intricate or complex as her masterpieces, but the clues are laid with absolutely impeccable skill, and the solution is both clever and surprising. One of her best late books.
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The book is good, not the best Christie, despite it reportedly being her favourite. It's very different to the usual rhythm of her classic murder mysteries, but the characters are engaging and complicated. Pet hate of mine, but this edition has US spelling.
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This review is from: Ordeal By Innocence: Complete & Unabridged (Audio CD)
This is not what I would call one of Agatha Christies best, but overall it is a fairly good peice of work. The pace of the story is fairly slow, which makes it easy to read or listen to, but I wasnt gripping the pages, as I usually like to do with a really good agatha christie story.
All in all though, it was fairly good, the audio book in particular as I love listening to Hugh Fraser read, because he really gets into character.
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