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On our way to and back from Liechtenstein we were able to finish this Poirot novel. The fact that Poirot started his investigation due to a dead person asking hom to do so was very interesting. The German title actually gives the “dumb witness” Bob more credit.

The elderly, unmarried Emily Arundell has invited her nieces, their partners and nephew to her home, The Little Green House, for Easter Celebrations. During their visit she has an accident and falls down the stairs. This has her writing to Poirot who receives the letter several weeks later. He decides to visit the lady - only to find out that she died not long after Easter. So Poirot starts his investigation and I was fooled so many times.

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I‘ve started on The Sum of Us

I finished A Spell of Good Things and my audio Dumb Witness

I finished The House of Doors

I‘m currently reading The Fraud and have started a new book on audio; Murder in the Mews, also by Christie.

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I want to finish A Spell of Good Things.

I want to read The House of Doors and hopefully get to The Fraud

I like to start listening to my audio of Dumb Witness again

I also want to get a start on The Sum of Us

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I finished no The Pickwick Papers

I finished The Long Weekend

I continued listening to Dumb Witness and has started on A Spell of Good Things

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I hope to finish The Pickwick Papers

Today I started both The Long Weekend and on audio Dumb Witness. I want to continue both, and see if I get to anything else.

A solid mystery from the master. One element I loved was how she put the “voice” of the dog into words-so clever and funny and spit on. The piece that made it a so so was the consistent racism on the page. About the time a few chapters would pass without anything upsetting, it would pop up again. I realize that this was public in 1937 but ugh. #BookspinBingo #MagnificentMay @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65

Love a #readathon with @Andrew65 ! My goals are to read Dumb Witness, Come the Spring, and Alex and Eliza all from #MountTBR. I‘d also like to start Hello Beautiful and finish 2 books on #audio while walking/gardening. Join us and bring on MagnificentMay !

My May #Bookspin list! Keeping them broad as it seems to really work to keep me reading from my #TBR ! @TheAromaofBooks

4. The Spiritualist movement was extremely popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. What did you think of the Tripp sisters and their influence on the case?

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2. Bob the fox terrier is the titular "dumb witness" of the book. Did you like having him as a central character? Did you enjoy his dialogue?

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Woohoo look at me, actually on time with the #agathachristieclubR2 questions for the month!

As always, please tag anyone who has previously commented to keep the conversation going.

1. Did you like this book? Why or why not?

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256 pages | first published 1937

In Agatha Christie‘s Dumb Witness, Hercule Poirot investigates the very suspicious death of an elderly spinster who, fearing the very worst, had written to the great detective prior to her demise.

What‘s not to like about Agatha?

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Maybe it‘s just me. But from the very first chapter when Bob kept playing with that ball, I had a sneaky suspicion that the ball is going to play a larger part in the mystery.

#agathachristieclubR2 friends: I'm so sorry for being so late with this info. My hold for Dumb Witness in May came in super late (like at the end of the month) and I'd hoped to read it quickly to keep us on schedule, but there are too many things going on right now for me to be able to get to it. So I'm hoping y'all are okay with holding off until next month instead. I apologize! I miss having reading time.

Quiet time at the pool before it gets hot and crowded - perfect for some Sun, exercise, and reading (of course).

It must be challenging to think up so many titles for so many novels. That's the only explanation I can think of for the choice of title for this one as it only barely relates to the story at all. I like the dog, but Hastings kind of gets on my nerves in this one. Poirot seems a little snippy this time, so maybe Hastings is annoying him, too. The whole novel feels a little haphazard, like Christie was feeling weary also. Or I might be projecting.

An interesting twist on Poirot's normal murder investigations - he receives a letter from a woman asking for his help but not until after she has died of 'natural causes'. He is not impressed and decides to investigate for murder despite Hastings' confused protests lol
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Another queen‘s mystery completed. It was my April #bookspin choice. I enjoyed this audio narration. Poirot investigates this murder mystery where most of the suspects are family members. But it is not unpredictable. Still it is a good read. I wish Bob ( the dog) should have been included prominently in the story, as it appears in the title. 3.5🌟#bookspinbingo

Everyone blamed Bob, the terrier, for leaving his ball on the stairs but … was someone trying to kill her?

#JohnnyBergen, the terrier, chose my next read. And I think he‘s trying to tell me something.

This is another one of my favourite misteries, and my favourite Poirot and Hastings pairing. I really liked how the victims personality shapes Poirot's investigation.

It also features the best sidekick, Bob, the dog 😍💖

Finished this Christie last night. It's not my favorite, but it's a solid mystery. I love the premise of Poirot taking on a case from someone who has already died. Christie is a comfort author for me, so I really enjoyed the mental break of reading one of hers!!

Well I didn't achieve my goals for #JoyousJanuary, but we did get the tile set around the bathtub alcove, so I am still counting this weekend as a win!! And since I picked out the tile, unwrapped the packages, and helped clean up the mortar, I'm labeling this a “we“ did it project, even if my husband did all the complicated bits 😂

Thanks for hosting @Andrew65 - I did finish The Eight & get halfway through the tagged book!!

I forgot to post my #weeklyforecast yesterday!! Books on the right are the chapter-a-day reads, all of which I am enjoying. I started the tagged book yesterday. I'm planning to read The Fire next. Hopefully I won't be working as much this week and it will not take me as long to read as the first book did!! Not pictured in my windowsill of January "assignments" are two backlog Kindle books I want to read for 22Booksin22 - one of those may be next⬇️

#WeekendReading - I finally finished The Eight!! Now I'm going to read a faster-paced Christie before picking up the sequel. My chapter-a-day reads are still tooling along quite well. Should finish Pinocchio soon. My husband is way inspired to work on our neverending bathroom remodel this weekend, so not sure how much reading I will get done today!! However, we're supposed to get a small pile of snow this evening, so tomorrow should be a cozy day.

I‘ve been doing a lot of Halloween and scary reading and I just needed a break. Already used up all my Hoopla October borrows. Reading Agatha Christie is like drinking a warm cup of tea, so comforting. I know it doesn‘t get me a ton of points for #Scarathlon2021, oh well.

Now I‘m all caught up on reviews!

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Love all Agatha Christie books, so it‘s no surprise I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Poirot solves another mystery and keeps me amused once again! Now I will watch this episode of the tv show.

Positives about this one—I loved the dog, Bob. I always find Hastings funny, so it‘s good that he‘s in this one. The mystery was interesting, & all the suspects had some unlikeable qualities.
Negatives—Christie sets up the prejudice against Greeks early on amongst the characters, & they‘re annoying in the frequency of their prejudiced statements. Obv, it‘s of the time but part of their unlikeable qualities.

I love Poirot novels but this one, for me, was not Chirstie‘s best work. I found the pace too steady and there were too few twists and turns. There are much better Poirot tales out there.

Such a good one - and this may have been a first read for me. I really enjoyed it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

After falling downstairs, an elderly woman writes to Poirot requesting his help. By the time he gets the letter, she has died having disinherited her family and leaving everything to her companion. Was it murder?

OK mystery, but I could have done without the thoughts of Bob the dog.

We passed a very pleasant evening, though I made the slight mistake of taking Poirot to a crook play. ... Poirot never ceased to complain of faulty psychology, and the hero detective‘s lack of order and method nearly drove him demented. We parted that night with Poirot still explaining how the whole business might have been laid bare in the first half of the first act.

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A dog is a great promoter of friendly intercourse

Another great Poirot mystery. 😊

Weekend reading! ❤️😊

Slowly working my way through all the Poirot books. I didn‘t enjoy this one as much as the others but I was not expecting the ending! #agathachristie

My cute and cozy cat 🐱 Tarly, I just love watching her sleep! About the cozy book... not Christie‘s best mystery, but entertaining still, just love her fast writing 👑🐶

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Next on my Agatha Christie binge read, this one features a dog who may or may not have caused a tragic accident by leaving his ball out at the top of the stairs 🎾 Gosh, I can't think of anyone else who might do that, can you?

Cozy mystery next 🕵️🐾 #herculepoirot #agathachristie

Enjoyable, lots of possible suspects, and Bob the dog was an adorable part of the story.

This is one of my favorite Christie books, especially as it features Bob the Dog 🐶 I think my favorite thing about it is that Poirot has to solve a murder after receiving a letter from the victim, and having to prove that it was murder.

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"The dog hunts rabbits. Hercule Poirot hunts murderers."

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Found a vintage copy I already owned of Dumb Witness. Poirot Loses a Client was its original title.

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The last of my crazy Christie buying spree in June arrived. The 2 that are larger trim sizes slightly annoy me (I clearly made assumptions. 😣) but these all sound good. Need more time to read ALL the books!
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Was a bit worried when i got "book with a dog on the cover" this week on #chutesandladderdreadingchallenge. Luckily Agatha came up trumps!