Books Read - July 2020

Bonewitz, Ronald L.

• How to Use a Pendulum for Dowsing and Divination ****

Non-fiction.  Introduces using colors when dowsing.

Brown, Elizabeth

• Dowsing: The Ultimate Guide for the 21st Century *****

Non-fiction.  History, use, science behind dowsing.

Christie, Agatha

• The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding ****

Fiction.  Short story of a “murder” that takes place in a country house.

• After the Funeral ****

Fiction.  An elderly man dies, and while there’s no proof, certain of his relatives believe it was murder. Another relative is murdered, and a companion is poisoned. The family’s lawyer seeks out Poirot to help solve the murders.

• Black Coffee ****

Fiction.  A man dies because of a secret formula he has developed, and Poirot must figure out the guilty party.

• Cat Among the Pigeons *****

Fiction. Mistresses are being murdered at an exclusive girls’ school, and Poirot is brought in to solve them.

• The Clocks ****

Fiction.  A secretarial typist goes to an employer’s home for work, only to find a dead man on the floor.  She runs screaming outside into the arms of a man with an unusual job.  He’s there on another case but takes an interest in discovering who the dead man was and who killed him.

• The Complete Collection of Short Stories: Hercule Poirot *****

Fiction.  Fifty-one short stories involving Hercule Poirot.

• Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case *****

Fiction.  Poirot and Hastings return to Styles, the site of their first case together.  Crippled, Poirot needs Hastings to be his eyes and ears as they work their way through this last case.

• Elephants Can Remember ****

Fiction.  Ariadne Oliver is approached at a party by a woman who claims that Ariadne’s goddaughter is about to marry the woman’s son, and the woman has questions about the deaths of the girl’s parents.  Ariadne seeks Poirot’s assistance in looking into the past to solve the case.

• Hallowe’en Party ****

Fiction.  A child is murdered at a Halloween Party that Mrs. Oliver is attending, and when she asks Poirot for his help, he comes to the rescue.

• Hickory, Dickory, Dock *****

Fiction.  Young people living in a rooming house, and when things go missing, Miss Lemon asks Poirot to help her sister solve the thefts, but it turns into murder.

• Labours of Hercules ****

Fiction.  A series of short stories based on the labors of Hercules.

• Mrs. McGinty’s Dead *****

Fiction.  A charwoman is murdered, and it looks like the guilty party is tired to old crimes.  Poirot must solve the case.

• Taken at the Flood ****

Fiction.  Members of a family are shattered when the wealthy member dies, leaving behind a new wife and no new will.  Under the law, she retains use of the money for her lifetime, then it will revert back to the old will, to be shared by the family.  But they’re not willing to wait that long.

• Third Girl ***

Fiction.  A young woman approaches Poirot and tells him she might have murdered someone, but then she runs away, and it is up to him to find her and figure out what’s going on.

Graves, Tom

• Elements of Pendulum Dowsing **

Non-fiction.  Some information about pendulum dowsing.

Hannah, Sophie

• Closed Casket ****

Fiction.  Poirot and Catchpool are again on the search for a murderer.

• The Monogram Murders  ***

Fiction.  Catchpool and Poirot solve the case of three murders in a hotel.

• The Mystery of the Three Quarters *****

Fiction.  Four people accuse Poirot of sending them letters accusing them of murder, but Poirot must clear his name and find the true killer.

Miller, Hamish

• The Definitive Wee Book on Dowsing *****

Non-fiction.  Brief book that touches on every aspect of dowsing.

Rowling, J.K.

• HP and the Goblet of Fire *****

Fiction.  Harry is entered into the Triwizard Competition unexpectedly, and he must complete three tasks in order to vie for champion.

• HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban *****

Fiction.  Book three in the HP series.  A murderer has escaped from Azkaban Prison and seems to be on his way to kill Harry, but the truth is finally out, and Harry meets his godfather, only to have him ride off into the sunset.

Staffen, Joan Rose 

• The Book of Pendulum Healing ****

Non-fiction.  Book of charts to use with the pendulum, as well as other healing modalities.

Trump, Mary L.

• Too Much and Never Enough *****

Non-fiction.  An expose of the family that created Trump and made him the man he is today.

Webster, Richard

• How to Use a Pendulum *****

Non-fiction.  50 uses for pendulums.

• Pendulum Magic *****

Non-fiction.  A “how-to” book on using the pendulum, including using it for spiritual issues.