English Literature Book Review Mystery Book of the Century with 1000 characters “By the Pricking of My Thumbs” by Agatha Christie is a wonderful story with kidnappings, a series of murders, a painting with a story to tell, and two sly detectives. The book is set in 1940-1960 England. The plot winds, twists, and turns throughout the book. Numerous characters, almost too many, are introduced every few pages and there is just too much information to …showed first 75 words of 528 total…

…showed last 75 words of 528 total…Pricking of My Thumbs” is a wonderful mystery book if you have time to really read into and take a lot of time thinking and remembering all the characters. If you aren’t the type of reader who has a hard time remembering exact names of people and places then this book probably isn’t for you. Agatha Christie marvels million with her mind-tangling mysteries and “By the Pricking of My Thumbs” is no exception.