Six Degrees of Separation, from Tomorrow... to The Murder on the Links

Six Degrees of Separation is a monthly meme, now hosted by Kate @ books are my favorite and best.

On the first Saturday of every month, a book is chosen as a starting point and linked to six other books to form a chain. Readers and bloggers are invited to join in by creating their own ‘chain’ leading from the selected book.

This month we start from yet another book I haven't read:


0. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

"In this exhilarating novel, two friends--often in love, but never lovers--come together as creative partners in the world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality." -- Goodreads

It's about a reunion between a young man and woman, who were childhood friends, and now joined forces in a project. This trope instantly reminded me of a book from Agatha Christie. Then, something clicked inside my head. Haven't I said before that I would love someday to create a chain of only books from Christie? I think this is the perfect time to do it. So, here it is...

The first link, with the same childhood friends reunited to work together, is:

1. Why didn't they ask Evans?

Bobby Jones and Lady Frances "Frankie" Derwent investigate the murder of a golfer, whose last sentence before his last breath was: "why didn't they ask Evans"? Here's my complete review.

Another book with detective partner and also a question in the title is:

2. N or M?

Excerpt from my review:
"A British secret agent approached Tommy, asked him to go undercover to a hotel in the seaside Leahampton called Sans Souci, which was believed to be the camp of German spies and fifth columnists. They were male and female, whose initial were N and M." Here's my complete review.

As usual, Tuppence (the brightest of the couple) is the one who solved the mystery. The important clue was from an unexpected minor character. And so does the one in the next chain:

3. Dumb Witness

Excerpt from my review:
"I loved it mostly because of one character: Bob, the dog. Yes, he is the fox terrier you usually see on the cover [...]. Does it mean Bob IS the dumb witness in this story? I wish!! [...] But unfortunately, no. Bob just lends his careless habit of putting his toy ball on the top stair to inspire an accident." Here's the complete review.

The accident that befell Emily Arundell was a murder attempt, which was soon followed by the actual murder. Christie had also used the same trope for another book (with a little alteration):

4. Peril at End House

Short excerpt from my review
"...One of the best plot twists from Agatha Christie, after the one in The Murder of Roger of Ackroyd." Here's the complete review.

Obviously my next link would be:

5. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

My review (with a huge spoiler)

Roger Ackroyd was stabbed from behind his neck. My last chain would be another story with death by stabbing.

6. The Murder on the Links

My review


Have you read those books? If you do #sixdegree, how it worked out for you this time?