4228 The Poisoned Chocolates Case and "The Avenging Chance" by Anthony Berkeley [Anthony Berkeley Cox] (read 8 Nov 2006) This author (using the name "Michael Iles") also wrote Malice Aforethought, read by me with great appreciation on 27 Oct 1994. This book entails six people figuring out who committed a crime by sending poisoned chocolates to Sir Eustace who gave them to Mr. Bendix who gave them to his wife who died. The six each solve the case differently, with the sixth solution, by Ambrose Chitternick, being the right one. The solutions do not seem convincing but most of the six accept each one in turn. I was not as attentive to the book, in view of the momentous political events going on as I read it, so did not appreciate it as much as I did Malice Aforethought. ( )