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Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Why Didn't They Ask Evans
Author: Agatha Christie
Was it a misstep that sent a handsome stranger plummeting to his death from a cliff? Or something more sinister? Fun-loving adventurers Bobby Jones and Frances Derwent's suspicions are certainly roused--especially since the man's dying words were so peculiar: Why didn't they ask Evans? Bobby and Frances would love to know. Unf...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312981594
ISBN-10: 0312981597
Publication Date: 2/18/2002
Pages: 288
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 35 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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PhoenixFalls avatar reviewed Why Didn't They Ask Evans? on + 185 more book reviews
I very much enjoyed this Christie novel the first time through, but on rereading in publication order, it wore a little thin. Bobby Jones & Frances Derwent are too much like pale imitations of Tommy & Tuppence in The Secret Adversary and Bundle Brent & Bill Eversleigh in The Seven Dials Mystery. The solution to the titular question is quite clever -- but it was so clever that I remembered it, further dampening my enjoyment in rereading. There also wasn't the same insight into character that Christie shows in other novels, particularly Poirot and Miss Marple novels. So all in all enjoyable, but not one of her greatest.
reviewed Why Didn't They Ask Evans? on + 190 more book reviews
This book is also know as The Boomerang Clue......
reviewed Why Didn't They Ask Evans? on + 17 more book reviews
Actually called the Boomerang Clue, but its the same book.
reviewed Why Didn't They Ask Evans? on + 142 more book reviews
Definitely one of Christie's best.
Also published as "The Boomerang Clue."


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