Welcome to Favorite Friday Fiction! And today I’m sharing another Agatha Christie book, The Murder on the Links. I apologize but I’m reading through a lot of her books at the moment, purely for enjoyment. And I really liked this one. Captain Hastings is one of my favorite sidekicks (He works with Hercule Poirot) and he falls head over heels in this classic mystery. If you like mystery, murder, and romance, you’ll love The Murder on the Links.

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The Murder on the Links

The Murder on the Links” takes place in northern France, giving Poirot a hostile competitor from the Paris Sûreté. Poirot’s long memory for past or similar crimes proves useful in resolving the crimes. Reviews when it was published compared Mrs Christie favourably to Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Remarking on Poirot, still a new character, one reviewer said he was “a pleasant contrast to most of his lurid competitors; and one even suspects a touch of satire in him.”

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  • Jennifer Hallmark

    Jennifer Hallmark writes Southern fiction with a twist. Her website and newsletter focus on her books, love of the South, and favorite fiction. She creates stories with unforgettable characters—her stories are a little eerie and otherworldly but with a positive turn. Jessie’s Hope, her first novel, was a Selah Award nominee for First Novel. Her latest novel, Smoking Flax, was released on January 16th, 2024. When she isn’t babysitting, gardening, or exploring the beautiful state of Alabama, you can find her at her desk penning fiction or studying the craft of writing. She also loves reading and streaming fantasy, supernatural stories, and detective fiction from the Golden Age or her favorite subject—time travel.

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