Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
- 254
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
- Series 2022 +1
- On screen
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Our view
“Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” owes its charm to Bobby and Frankie, the bantering pair who carry this light, high-spirited Christie mystery. Some readers fall for the two of them and find the answer to the question in the title satisfying. Others find the early chapters a little slow and do not rank the book with her best.
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About the book
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club in September 1934 and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1935 under the title of The Boomerang Clue. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 2 times — from 1980 to 2022.
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 108 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 42% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.8 | 8 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 100 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is Why Didn't They Ask Evans??
It has 254 pages — shorter than 92% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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