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Just finished "Postern of Fate" by Agatha Christie. This was the last novel she wrote (but not the last to be published), and was originally published in 1973.
Now in their seventies, Tommy and Tuppence move to a quiet English village, looking forward to a peaceful retirement. But, as they soon discover, their rambling old house holds secrets. Who is Mary Jordan? And why has someone left a code message in an old book about her 'unnatural' death? Once more, ingenuity and insight are called for as they are drawn into old mysteries and new dangers.
I have to say that this is a simply dreadful book, and should honestly never have been published. Christie was clearly severely failing in her mental faculties, and it shows clearly in the book. A conversation occurs in one chapter, and then a virtually identical conversation takes place a couple of chapters later, for example (about how to get away with poisoning someone). The characters agonise for chapters about solving the most blindingly obvious of puzzles. It really is almost embarrassing to read, and doesn't do Christie (who was 82 years old at the time of the book's publication) any favours. Avoid!
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