The Pale Horse

I've been reading some Agatha Christie books of lately. The Pale Horse does not disappoint. It was a bit slow in beginning and around the 100th page it started to pick up. I've read some reviews and I can see how it could be seen as dark. Speaking of witches,and rituals can be scary.

I like reading about the different characters that Christie weaves into her stories. Mark Easterbrook a stand alone for a stand alone book, is very interesting character. Usually these characters put themselves into situations that people don't ask for. Which is annoying. But Mark was different he was asked for his help. He had friends, cousin that could use his help. Ariadne Oliver that was a well known writer of detective stories. She had a weird way of getting into her story characters. She was very eccentric . "The moment you've done a murder the whole thing is terribly obvious", and there is where she needed to be creative and ran things by Mark.Too bad there wasn't so much about her this time. Hope to read more about her again. She seemed fun.

The story alluded to the Shakespeare play MacBeth. And Mark felt that Shakespeare might get a few surprises if he saw his plays acted nowadays. To be able to call up a handy murderer whenever you wanted a little job done. Sounds strange but it can happen. And there lies the plot of the story.

The Pale Horse I believe had a couple of mysteries in one story. A mysterious list of names, people being dead (murdered or died of other causes?). Visited my Mark Easterbrook and friends, The Pale Horse an Inn, more going on there than just what you see from outside. Inside maybe witchery. Mark had to find out if this to be true. After finding out about Mr. Bradley he and his lady friend Ginger put together for a nice, scary experiment .  Who would've ever thought that people would go to the extreme of knowing there is a business to get rid of people they just don't want around anymore.

Having other characters that might be the one that did it. To find out that it was a totally different person/s. So the simple truth behind the Pale Horse ------. You'll have to read it to find out.

And a little romance for a couple too ;)

Very cleverly done. When the real murder/s please stand up! I can see how that came together. Well done Ms Christie! I love the idea "And I look and behold a Pale Horse: And his name is death, and Hell followed him". Now that is creepy.

One of my enjoyable Agatha Christie stories so far I read. Looking forward to more.

I give The Pale Horse 5