For my English class, the unit we are in right now is all about detective stories and different forms of irony. We have read 3 different detective based selections. My favorite out of the 3 was "Wasps Nest". It has the famous French detective, Hercule Poirot. In this story Poirot is trying to stop a murder before it happens. It actually turns out to be a suicide that will try to be framed as a murder. John Harrison is the man who has found out he only has 2 months to live, so he invites a "friend" over to destroy a wasps nest with poison but instead he will try to drink it and them frame the "friend". But, Poirot stops all of this before it happens and they all forget about it. We were told to pick which out of the 3 was our favorite and i chose this one. It has great built up suspense into what you think might happen next. You never really know what is going on until the final sentences of the story. This story's author really added in foreshadowing into this story. She also added some irony as in how the story ends. I enjoyed reading it because it is very exciting and just a great detective story.
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