A review by octavia_cade
Motive v. Opportunity: A Short Story by Agatha Christie
mysterious
fast-paced
3.0
The fraudulent, opportunistic protagonist of this story is called Eurydice Spragg, and instantly I am reminded of Narnia's Eustace Scrubb, who almost deserved his name. I suppose when you're as prolific as Christie was, you start to get pretty desperate trying to find names you haven't used before, and Spragg, who is a fake spiritualist exploiting a grieving grandfather, certainly deserves that particular monstrosity.
I didn't pick the ending at all, but I continue to be entertained, if slightly baffled, by the sheer number of random stories that Miss Marple can even more randomly connect to various mysteries. That said, while it's a bit of an off-the-wall solution, it's also one that any child would be familiar with, so little Tommy earned his mention here, I suppose.
I didn't pick the ending at all, but I continue to be entertained, if slightly baffled, by the sheer number of random stories that Miss Marple can even more randomly connect to various mysteries. That said, while it's a bit of an off-the-wall solution, it's also one that any child would be familiar with, so little Tommy earned his mention here, I suppose.