![]() ![]() Alongside the police (these parts explored in a third person narrative) are investigating the murder of Father Gorman, a priest who is killed as he is returning from the deathbed of a young woman to which he was called and who told him of something wicked she knew of, and which must be stopped. A late night trip to a coffee shop on which he witnesses what can only be described as a ‘cat fight’ between two young women an invitation he extends to his friend, author Ariadne Oliver to sign books at a village fete organized by his cousin Rhoda in Much Deeping a chance remark by Poppy, the latest girlfriend of his friend David and a small bequest left him by his godmother, all lead him to the puzzle of the Pale Horse, a mysterious inn in the village of Much Deeping, where three women seem to practice witchcraft. The story is narrated by Mark Easterbrook, an archaeologist/historian interested in Mughal architecture and history and writing a book about it in a flat in Chelsea. The Pale Horse presents an interesting mystery where it isn’t only the whodunit that keeps one puzzled but also the howdunit for seances and witchcraft (mixed with some apparently scientific principles) seem to be the method used, and our protagonists can’t quite work out whether there is any merit to this and if not, what the possible cause could be. ![]() The Pale Horse (1961) was my choice for the #ReadChristie challenge for this month, and though it was one of the picks for the challenge, it seems I interpreted the visual prompt completely differently to the official interpretation. ![]()
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