Halloween Bingo 2025
Overwrought and over the top, Passenger to Frankfurt is not representative of Christie's usual writing. I am convinced that it was published simply because of the author's reputation, which this novel did nothing to enhance. Christie is at her best when writing about village life and should have left global conspiracies to other writers.
I kind of liked Sir Stafford Nye, despite his willingness to go along with irrational plans on the spur of the moment. I wonder what Christie would have made of the world in 2026 and the alt-right? She did her part in WWII and knew a thing or two about fascism. IMO, she would have had a field day with QAnon.
I was pleased to see the momentary reappearance of Amy Leatheren (Murder in Mesopotamia) as Matilda Cleckheaton's companion. I enjoyed Matilda as well, the elderly aunt who knows things. Christie certainly enjoyed that type of character.
I read this book for the Blazing Inferno square of my Halloween Bingo card, after applying the Teleportation Potion to summon it from my TBR (just as I used interlibrary loan to summon it from another library).
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