6/11/2023 0 Comments The hollow agatha![]() ![]() We meet Lucy’s relations (mainly cousins of some degree) Edward, Midge, Henrietta and David and also a non-related couple – John and Gerda Christow.Ī design of intermingled emotions and the clash of personalities. ![]() Home to Sir Henry and Lady Lucy Angkatell, they invite a select few people over for a relaxing weekend, but things take a sinister turn. ![]() Published in 1946, the book’s title refers to the grand house where the action (murder) takes place. Opening sentence: At six thirteen am on a Friday morning Lucy Angkatell’s big blue eyes opened upon another day and, as always, she was once wide awake and began immediately to deal with the problems conjured up by her incredibly active mind. The Hollow fits in with the January prompt ( a story set in a grand house) and isn’t a Poirot story I’d heard of before, so I was intrigued to get cracking. Are you doing a reading challenge this year? I wasn’t going to – a more fluid approach to my reading is how I need to approach things – BUT then I saw this intriguing one from the official Agatha Christie estate ( find out all about it here) and couldn’t resist. ![]()
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