![]() ![]() When Mark recognises another of the names, that of his godmother Lady Hesketh-Dubois, who has also recently died, he becomes convinced that something sinister is happening. ![]() Presumably this is just a coincidence, but soon afterwards Mark learns of a list of names found in the shoe of a murdered priest – and one of those names is Tuckerton. A few days later, he is surprised to hear that one of the girls, Tommy Tuckerton, has died of what appear to be natural causes, unconnected with the fight. At the beginning of the novel, Mark witnesses two young women fighting in a London coffee shop. The story is narrated by Mark Easterbrook, not a detective but a writer and historian who is researching a book on Mughal architecture. The Pale Horse is one of Christie’s standalones and doesn’t feature either of her famous detectives, Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot, although there are a few appearances from another recurring character, Ariadne Oliver. ![]() There’s a new BBC adaptation of The Pale Horse coming soon (not sure of the exact dates, but sometime in 2020) so I’m pleased to have had a chance to read it first. ![]() I didn’t manage to join in with all twelve, but I read eight of them and enjoyed them all, particularly The ABC Murders, Dumb Witness, and the book for December, The Pale Horse. The idea was to read twelve Christie books – one per month – corresponding to twelve different categories. Last year I took part in the Read Christie 2019 challenge hosted by the Agatha Christie website. ![]()
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