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Thanks for this. I think this one was my favourite story.
Suki wrote: "I was curious, so I googled Christmas Pudding. Here is what I found:
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I live in Canada, and have never had Christmas pudding. It doesn't sound all..."
Christmas pudding is like a really boozey fruitcake, but it gets boiled or steamed. when served, it has brandy poured on it and gets set on fire. Personally, I loath dried fruit so I've never eaten it.
I really enjoyed this collection so I'm now reading Murder on the Orient Express

I noticed that in the UK, the book is only 99p on kindle at the moment. Probably reduced for Christmas.

I enjoyed it but for the atmosphere rather than the mystery. I think short stories are the hardest to write. I ..."
I'm certainly not complaining about short stories, it'll work well for all of us this month, I should think, and Christie writes a better short story than most. I shall try to fit in one a day, (ish)

I enjoyed it but for the atmosphere rather than the mystery. I think short stories are the hardest to write. I have read some of Chjristie's before, but I much prefer her novels. I would give 4* to this first story.

I have read lots of Christie novels, she is one of my favourite writers. she is one of my go to authors when I need a comfort read.


It is available on Project Gutenberg if anyone is interested in it.


Jane Austen I would describe more as a comedy of manners with an element of romance. 'Pride and Predjudice' is the most accesable, but you might enjoy 'Northanger Abbey' more, with it's gothic subplot.
The Brontes I found easy to read. I loved 'Jane Eyre' and 'The Tennant of Wildfell Hall'.I found Wuthering Heights easy enough, but while I appreciate the writing, I didn't like any of the characters.
I have read 'War and Peace' , personally, I found it a bit of a slog. I didn't enjoy all the battle scenes. It wasn't hard, but it is very long and not enough to interest me. It's still good. 3* from me.
Hope this helps and happy reading.

I still don't really know if she was trying to poison Ambrose, but I think she probably was. I rather liked the ambiguity here, and that we had to make up our own minds.
I feel that she and Rainaldi were in cahoots. She doesn't seem like someone who could easily be controlled, he seems like a very shady character. They were up to something.
These were the impressions I got from the book, but I'm sure it can be read in many different ways.

Heather, I also found I started off slowly and then it became a lot more compelling towards the end. I really liked the ending. It had me thinking about it for days after I'd finished.


I'm currently reading The Making of a Marchioness, Part I and II by Frances Hodgson Burnett One of the Persephone Classics and the first of her adult books that I've read.



