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Murder by Death

I read cozy and historical mysteries, a bit of Paranormal/UF, and to mix it up, I read science and gardening books on occasion.

Reading progress update: I've read 148 out of 256 pages.

4:50 from Paddington - Agatha Christie

For the last 30 pages or so, I've been increasingly convinced of the murderer's identity, so I'm going to record it here in a spoiler tag.  Just for fun.

 

I'm thinking the murderer is the old man, Luther Crackenthorpe.  Nobody has asked what happens to the trust if there are no beneficiaries; my guess is that the capital all reverts to Luther, and he intends to knock all his kids off one by one - except maybe Emma, who he has enough reason to believe he can control.

(show spoiler)

 

It's a little out there, admittedly, but Christie often goes for 'out there', so it's not impossible.  

 

Overall, after starting out slow for me, I'm enjoying it a lot.  It helps, I think, that Miss Marple isn't playing a starring role.