Ordeal by Innocence

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Title: Ordeal by Innocence
Series: -----
Author: Agatha Christie
Rating: 2 of 5 Stars
Genre: Mystery
Pages: 292

Synopsis:
A do gooder with stuffing for brains involves himself in an old murder by proving the murderer was innocent and it was another family member.

After destroying the peace of the family and allowing at least 1 member to be killed, he solves the case and gets engaged to the youngest daughter.

My Thoughts:
If you couldn't tell from my rating and synopsis, I didn't really like this book. It was full of breathless secrets that were ultimately meaningless, or even worse, would have helped but everyone was convinced that they knew best and so kept quiet.

Another thing that bothered was the police procedure. I know it was a different time, but who thinks it is a great idea to question the pool of suspects all together in one room at the same time? Idiots. Even Lestrade is smarter than that!

I just didn't enjoy this and it reinforced my opinion that mysteries as a genre are not my thing. The occasional one that is at the top of the pile [And Then There Were None, etc, etc] is good, but not a wholesale diet like I have for SFF.