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Title: Postern of Fate (Agatha Christie Audio Mystery Series) by Agatha Christie, Samantha Bond ISBN: 1-55927-984-2 Publisher: Audio Renaissance Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $12.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2.08 (24 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: The most tiresome book Christie ever wrote
Comment: Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, now retired, move into a house in Devonshire. In an old children's book left in the attic, Tuppence finds cryptic clues to a murder which took place in the village during the First World War. The girl who died was mixed up in an old scandal to do with the passing on of naval secrets. But was she innocent or guilty? Intrigued, Tommy and Tuppence investigate. Suddenly Tommy and Tuppence are in danger, though no one can guess from what source, nor why their raking up of the past should be so bitterly resented. What can it matter now?

This is the last book that Agatha Christie wrote, although not the last one to be published ' it was followed by a few other, like Curtain, but they all date from before Postern. Unfortunately, Postern of Fate is one of, if not the, very worst books Christie wrote, and as such forms a sad ending to the enormously successful career of the Dame of Crime. The story never succeeds in catching the readers' attention. It goes on and on, without really making a point. And when the chaotic plot finally unfolds in the last twenty pages, you might as well go to sleep. Strangely the conclusion is even more tiresome.

The only reason to ever read this book is when you are like me and want to read every book written by Agatha Christie. But even then, be prepared to be utterly disappointed.

Rating: 5
Summary: A reader who strongly disagrees
Comment: I'm sorry, but all of the reviews written before are, in my opinon, wrong. I'm not saying that this is the best book Agatha Christie wrote, but it's certainly not the worst! There is a plot. The plot is Tommy and Tuppence are trying to find out why there are the words that clearly spell out- "Mary Jordan did not die naturally." in the book The Black Arrow. Certainly this book is intriguing.

Rating: 2
Summary: Christie's second worst book
Comment: Postern of Fate, published in 1973, was the last book ever written by the incomparable Agatha Christie. My vote for her worst book ever was Passenger to Frankfurt.Christie's health was in sharp decline when writing Postern of Fate and unfortunately it shows. The plot involves Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, now in their retirement, investigating a murder in retrospect. The story is very unfocused and many elements of the story just don't make sense. Considering all the great books she wrote over her career and the countless hours of pleasure she provided to readers all over the world for several generations, Christie can certainly be forgiven for a few clunkers later in the life. I's actually give her two stars for execution, three stars for effort