Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie

Sparkling Cyanide

Colonel Race #4

Agatha Christie

279 pages first pub 1944 (editions)

fiction crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
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A beautiful heiress is fatally poisoned in a West End restaurant…Six people sit down to dinner at a table laid for seven. In front of the empty place is a sprig of rosemary – in solemn memory of Rosemary Barton who died at the same table exactly o...

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Community Reviews

3.8
based on 4,405 reviews

Moods

mysterious: 97%

tense: 34%

adventurous: 25%

dark: 24%

challenging: 8%

emotional: 8%

reflective: 8%

relaxing: 6%

sad: 6%

funny: 5%

lighthearted: 5%

hopeful: 1%


Pace

35% of readers chose fast
54% of readers chose medium
10% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

57% of readers chose Plot
29% of readers chose A mix
13% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

19% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
60% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

27% of readers chose Yes
35% of readers chose Complicated
33% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

13% of readers chose Yes
5% of readers chose Complicated
77% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

45% of readers chose Yes
18% of readers chose Complicated
35% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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