Sparkling Cyanide.
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Six people sit down to a sumptuous meal at a table laid for seven. A sprig of rosemary -- 'rosemary for remembrance' -- marks the empty place. It is the first anniversary of the horrific death by cyanide-laced champagne of the beautiful and troublesome Rosemary Barton. The assembled guests are the same participants at the meal a year prior, and Rosemary's widower, George Barton, is determined to prove that one of them is a murderer. But George's dinner party, and his plans for justice, will go terribly awry, as another death will come to haunt this date. Colonel Race of the British Secret Service, friend of Hercule Poirot (and a featured player in Cards on the Table and Death on the Nile), is on the scene to investigate.
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4 primary books#4 in Colonel Race
Colonel Race is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 1924 with contributions by Agatha Christie.
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Another lovely little twisty murder mystery. I thought I knew who'd “dunnit” a few times but, as usual, I was wrong! This was my first Colonel Race novel (and apparently the last) and I thoroughly enjoyed it - I shall be scouring the charity shops for more!
I am making my way chronologically through Christie's mystery novels and I am unsure how I feel about this one. It was not the most exciting, nor the most surprising. On the other hand, it wasn't the most obvious either. But overall, I enjoyed reading it. All of her books are worth reading.
I know they like to categorize the books by detective, but this hardly counts as a Colonel Race novel. That is, he does play a significant part in uncovering the mystery but doesn't, in the end, solve it.
