After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
Title: After the Funeral
Author: Agatha Christie
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Suspense, Fiction
Publication Date: March 1, 1953
Review Date: April 21, 2017
Number of Pages: 306 (paperback)
My Rating: 4.0/5
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Book Blurb of After the Funeral:
The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly – and his sister is convinced it was murder…. When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard’s funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard’s will, Cora was clearly heard to say: ‘It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it…But he was murdered, wasn’t he?’ In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.
Book Review of After the Funeral:
Another of her amazing works! I had previously read this, and while I recalled that it centered on Cora, I had forgotten who the real culprit was, and then I was surprised all over again.
I also have a soft spot for the language used in that century and I love the world she creates. Christie has a gift for character building, and somehow poor vacuous Rosamund was one of my favourites. I adore sharp characters, but a combination of sharp and placid just gets to me like none other. Must be a very different kind of life, that kind of thought process.
I love how Agatha Christie always manages to make every character so well defined and believable. You never know who’s done it till you know for sure.
I’ve always loved Poirot, even though by all accounts, Christie herself never seemed to like him very much.
One of those classics you can read over and over again.
