![]() I was ecstatic when "Hallowe'en Party" was announced as part of season 12 (after false reports that it was going to conclude season 11). Was it among her best? By no means- but it was still quite enjoyable for me to read. Nonetheless, my fascination with a story of such a haunting nature is enough to make Hallowe'en Party one of my favourite Christies. It makes me wish AC had tackled the story when she was a bit younger. ![]() The story itself is very good (and the solution is pretty decent as well), but it tended to ramble somewhat, and the middle section is extremely slow. I've always been simply fascinated with that idea for a story- it must be one of my very favourites in all detection. When the party is finished, she is discovered drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. Frustrated, Joyce insists that her story is true, but refuses to give any more details. Joyce is a compulsive liar, and everyone has great fun mocking her story. Oliver, there on a visit, that she saw a murder once. ![]() The basic plot set-up is this: at a Hallowe'en party for children, Joyce Reynolds boasts to Mrs. Dame Agatha was no longer in her prime, but I think this book proved that she was by no means exhausted of ideas. ![]() ![]() "Hallowe'en Party", published in 1969, is a later Christie. ![]()
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