Monday, 27 July 2026

Crooked House

Even if he hasn’t made a mistake, it won’t matter—so long as the right person killed him.
Sophia

I first came to know Sophia Leonides in Egypt towards the end of the war.
[incipit]

Charles: What it comes to in the end is that everybody, perhaps, is capable of murder.
Sophia: I suppose that’s true. Even me.
Charles: Not you!
Sophia: Oh yes, Charles, you can’t make me an exception.
(Page 31)

Never any good wasting breath saying something that has happened couldn’t have happened.
Edith de Haviland (Page 96)

A real English autumn day. How beautiful trees look with their bare branches against the sky—and just a golden leaf or two still hanging...
Edith de Haviland (Page 228)


Crooked House (È un problema), Agatha Christie

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Crooked House

Even if he hasn’t made a mistake, it won’t matter—so long as the right person killed him. Sophia

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