Locus Amoenus: All By My Shelf

Christie is always such a comfort read for me. I love starting one of her mysteries and slipping into an almost hypnotic rhythm of gathering and analyzing clues. It's like sitting down to a jigsaw puzzle on a rainy afternoon.

This was a new one for me, and for the most part I loved it. Because the murder takes place on a plane, the list of suspects is clearly defined. There are the usual red herrings and surprises, and by the end I was breathlessly turning pages as I tried to keep up with Poirot's reasoning. The result seemed somehow more convoluted than it needed to be, but that didn't keep me from racing to see whodunit!