288 pages
If you like Agatha Christie, but wish it was a little more unusual and comedic, then this one is for you. Yes, some of it is a little out of kilter with modern views (it was written in 1932 and the black characters are as you can imagine), but it is genuinely funny.
A blandings-esque (and I say that in the Jeeves and Wooster sense rather than the more recent adaptation) jolly romp through a complex mystery.
The audio version is read by Gordon Griffin. He's done a marvellous job here, setting exactly the right tone. Sometimes you listen to a book that is totally ruined by the reader, but when you get a good one the result is better than when you read it yourself.
A keeper.
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