marco.giorgini ha recensito A Talent for Murder di Andrew Wilson
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I've been looking forward with the idea of reading a novel with Agatha Christie as the main character since I've found, by chance, the plot of "A Talent for Murder" on a library store. The author is an expert about this writer, and his idea is thrilling, covering the few days in which Mrs. Christie (really) disappeared before Christmas in 1926 with an untold (and murderous) adventure, that would lead to a potential set of following stories.
But despite I appreciated very much the basic idea, I could not say I really loved this novel. The villain, for instance, didn't seem to be completely credible, and his plans seemed almost surreal for more than one aspect. And a lot of other things seemed to me at least not polished enough.
This doesn't mean I disliked the reading (I mean, I found a lot of things appealing - above all some …
I've been looking forward with the idea of reading a novel with Agatha Christie as the main character since I've found, by chance, the plot of "A Talent for Murder" on a library store. The author is an expert about this writer, and his idea is thrilling, covering the few days in which Mrs. Christie (really) disappeared before Christmas in 1926 with an untold (and murderous) adventure, that would lead to a potential set of following stories.
But despite I appreciated very much the basic idea, I could not say I really loved this novel. The villain, for instance, didn't seem to be completely credible, and his plans seemed almost surreal for more than one aspect. And a lot of other things seemed to me at least not polished enough.
This doesn't mean I disliked the reading (I mean, I found a lot of things appealing - above all some minor character) but only that I wanted more from such a great idea. I wished for a better and clever Christie - one that I supposed could be in the next book (A different kind of evil) where the plot won't be (I guess) so tied to real events like the one in this first one.