I’m reading an Agatha Christie novel, for the first time in fifty years. Back in my college days I read every one of her thirty or so mysteries and loved them all. So here I am, years later, and I fortunately cannot remember any of them, so it’s a whole new and wonderful experience. And sorely needed. I have several times picked up a recently published novel and been disappointed. Such poor writing! Lack of detail, thin, undeveloped characters, unimaginative settings and then an obvious twist of plot at the end to satisfy an editor I guess. Thank you Agatha and George Simenon for maintaining some integrity.