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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm not a big fan of Christie. She writes a good mystery, but the problem is her characters, who are wooden and two-dimensional. Ngaio Marsh and Dorothy L. Sayers, on the other hand, write about characters who come to life as real people. I know that Christie was far more commercially successful than either, but I honestly don't think she was that wonderful a writer.
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I agree completely so far as the Christie/Sayers contrast is concerned.
Perhaps one could say that Christie writes a better
mystery but Sayers writes a far better
novel. This is why Sayers is so much more re-readable. BTW I think
Gaudy Night is a masterpiece--one of the very best in the series. Harriet Vane is so vivid as a character!
I confess that I have never read Ngaio Marsh
and I should probably
explore some of her work.