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Book - Three Blind Mice and other stories Author – Agatha Christie Publisher – Minotaur mystery stories __ Review – __ This book consists of many short stories such as the Three Blind Mice, Tape measure murder, Case of the perfect maid and many more. Each of the mysteries bring out a different plot clearly bringing out the essence of a Agatha Christie style of writing. If you read this book you can feel yourself being a part of it. The story ‘Case of the perfect maid’ is a bit confusing and you do not understand it until you reach the climax. But the story ‘Three Blind Mice’ was the best according to me. Throughout the story the suspense builds up with a sudden appearance of a traveler, Mr Paravicci stuck up in the snow, death of a paying guest, tune of the three blind mice heard by the owner’s wife and finally the disappearance of skis. The climax is occurs after the sergeant tells all the guests in the house to take their positions as they were when the murder took place. In this story a guest seems to be attached to the owner’s wife and she to feels that she can trust him. All the people turn against each other, even the old couple who had a happy life all these years. Agatha Christie keeps twisting the plot where the reader’s predictions have to wrong. This is a awesome book and I suggest you read it. Yash Dalvi