Crooked House

This is one of Christie's better stories. I have been reading through her mysteries chronologically and have found a lot of patterns in most of her books, but this one does a great job of telling the story in an original way. It's both creepy and sad, with a lot of symbolism around the “crooked” nature of people. The only downside is the frustratingly slow narrator. You will always be one step ahead of him. But beware, you will also be one step behind Christie.

PS The recent movie adaption of Crooked House was very good. I would argue better than the book, which I don't say often.