Continuing on with the #ReadingAllOfAgatha read along hosted by an Instagram friend, Murder Is Easy was the May selection. This book takes place in the small English village of Wychwood, where a serial killer is on the loose.

Retired police officer Luke Fitzwilliam is on a train to London when he meets a very loquacious elderly woman. Claiming there is a serial killer in her village, and that the killer has already murdered three people and is about to claim a fourth victim, she is on her way to Scotland Yard to tell the police. Luke dismisses her claims as the chatty ramblings of an old woman, but when she is found dead within hours, and suddenly there is a fourth murder victim in the village, Luke decides to do a bit of private detective work.

After reading Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? this one was just the tiniest bit of a letdown for me, therefore, I am giving it three stars. (Take that for what you will, mind you.) And to be honest, I’m not sure why this is part of the Superintendent Battle series when he makes only the briefest of appearances near the end of the book.

But still, I did enjoy the story. I thought I knew who the murderer was. Twice. So yeah, Dame Agatha always gets points for keeping me guessing! I wasn’t very impressed with the protagonist in this one. But the cast of supporting characters added to the drama, and in true Agatha Christie fashion, kept me interested throughout the whole of the story.

So, in my opinion, it’s not her finest work, but not her worst either. Then again, it might just be me, still being salty that my favorite Belgian detective isn’t in these last selections of her books that I’m reading.