ROMANCE

Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly

by Agatha Christie
Witness Impulse: HarperCollins. 2013. 125p. ebk. ISBN 9780062334466. $2.99. MYS
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This novella was written when Agatha Christie decided she wanted to purchase stained glass windows for her local church. The fund from the novella's sale was to pay for the purchase. But she instead decided to expand the story line into a full-length novel, Dead Man's Folly (1956). A mock murder event is staged for a village fete. And, in true Christie form, a real murder ensues that her beloved sleuth Hercule Poirot must solve.
VERDICT This is standard Christie fare—well almost. Given the novella format, the plot moves at a fast pace, which does not allow Christie to develop her characters as fully as in her novels. Nonetheless, die-hard Christie aficionados will be curious about this long-lost piece. Those readers who feel cheated by the skimpy character development will benefit by reading the full novel after they finish the novella.
Reviewed by Janet A. Ohles, Western Connecticut State Univ. Lib., Danbury , Dec 06, 2013
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