Book Review of Agatha Christie's "Ordeal By Innocence"

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Ordeal by Innocence
Ordeal By Innocence


ISBN 9780553350678
Author: Agatha Christie
© November 1st, 1987 by Bantam Dell Pub Group; Agatha Christie Mystery Collection edition
"Ordeal by Innocence" by Agatha Christie (available on Amazon.com)



Jack Argyle killed his mother in a fit of anger...or did he? 

Years after Mrs. Argyle is murdered, a stranger shows up at Sunny Point with some news: Jack Argyle did not kill his mother. In fact, Dr. Calgary was with Jack at the time that the murder was supposed to have happened. 
The law has imprisoned the wrong man. Jack Argyle died in prison, convicted of a crime he didn't commit.
The news that Dr. Calgary brings to Sunny Point is unwelcome, much to his astonishment. 
As young Hester Argyle says to him, "It's not the guilty who matter. It's the innocent."
A murderer is on the loose, but who is it?
All seven family members begin to look at each other with suspicion and fear. It could be anyone of them...are they really safe? Is everyone who they say they are? 
It's up to Dr. Calgary to set the mess straight and discover the murderer or the innocent will be punished along with the guilty. 
It's time to start the Ordeal by Innocence.


I picked up this book from the local library and it's been laying in my box of library books for a month now. I picked it up last week and started reading, thinking I might as well. It was different from other Agatha Christie books I have been reading. No Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot, so I was a bit thrown off. I almost put it down because I wasn't sure if I would enjoy.
I'm glad I stuck with it! So many colorful characters, wonderful, memorable lines and another great mystery! 
I think it's going to be one of my favorite books of all time, something that I'll return to again and again.

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