Agatha Christie and the Dandelion Poisoner
4.5/5
Critic Rating
It’s May 1922 and Major Herbert Armstrong is executed for poisoning his wife - but is he innocent? The story becomes global news and inspires the most successful writer of all time, Agatha Christie.
Critic Reviews
Score: 4.5
Fiona Sturges • Financial Times • Jul 30, 2023
"Nocera narrates the series in a tone of cheerful curiosity that works well — except when it doesn’t. One might have assumed the days of excitable commentary about murdered women in true-crime pods were behind us, but Nocera goes to town with unnecessarily graphic descriptions of Kitty’s autopsy, complete with squelching sound effects. Elsewhere, though, there is much to enjoy in a series that weaves the Armstrong case into a bigger story..."
