Which Christie to choose for a Book Club?

Torquay Harbour, Devon



I'm in a book club at work - unfortunately not an Agatha Christie Book Club - but everyone's not as fanatical about Agatha Christie as I am!! We put down suggestions on the board and then randomly pick the next book. My colleagues suggested I pick a Christie book and add that to the board. So, I set about trying to pick just one novel I thought everyone would like to read - and it was pretty difficult to choose.

Should I go for her first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles? Or, perhaps one of her most acclaimed novels The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - which I must confess, isn't one of my favourites. Or, maybe go for my favourite Evil Under the Sun - which I've read about ten times. Or perhaps a Poirot or a Marple, as everyone knows who they are - but have probably seen an adaptation on TV. Such a difficult decision.

In the end, I chose And Then There Were None. I think it's well written and full of suspense. It keeps you guessing all the way through. I'm not sure when it'll be picked but I'm looking forward to reading it again when it is!

We're reading Book of Human Skin at the moment. It's an 'interesting' book, set in the late 1700s/early 1800s, mainly around Venice and South America. Some parts are a bit gruesome and not so nice. It's in diary form and from the viewpoint of a number of different characters. It's was a bit difficult to get into at first, but now I can't put it down.

Also, I've signed up for another year with the Twinings Tea Club. I really love trying the different teas and have tried so many - black tea, oolong tea, green tea, yellow tea, infusions etc... There have been some really surprising ones like an East African Rwandan Black Tea - I really loved it - it was a very strong, bold black tea. They are all loose leaf teas too so you can keep adding hot water to them and experience different flavours each time. I got an email this weekend to say my new tea will be with me next week!! :)