A Short Mystery That Will Keep You Guessing: Remembered Death, By Agatha Christie

Remembered Death
Author: Agatha Christie
Published By: Pocket Books
Date Published: 1943
Pages: 194
Recomended Age: teens and older (only because it would not likely be interesting for a younger audience)
Reviewed By: Tara Fox Hall
Rating: 4
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Summary:

Six people reunite to remember beautiful Rosemary Barton, who died nearly a year before. The loving sister, the long-suffering husband, the devoted secretary, the lovers, the betrayed wife - none of them can forget Rosemary. 

But did one of them murder her? 

 

Tara's Thoughts:

I liked the setup of this book’s first few chapters, with each of the people in the dead woman’s life taking a chapter to introduce how they knew her, and also learning some new puzzle piece about her death through their remembrances. It also kept me guessing, because I kept thinking I was sure about the killer’s identity, and then kept being proven wrong again and again when a new bit of info came to light.

The characters were all likeable, but I have to say that the women were all very flighty and stereotypical. The one woman who is efficient and intelligent—-aka, the one woman of the book I was rooting for— is of course up to no good. But the male leads were of varying personalities, and I enjoyed hearing them work to solve the crime. One of the only drawbacks were the sheer number of male leads. I admit I got a couple of them confused at the end.

 

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 Parents:

Language: Any swear words, derogatory terms, questionable language None
Adult Content: Sexual Content, Drugs/alcohol use, Adult Subject Matter, Heavy topics none
Violence: Any violent scenes or acts and their intensity none. Murder is spoken of, but no details are given.