oh my.....this ridiculous place in Karlsruhe, in the then West Germany, was like a hobbit warren, cubbyholes, mice......ugh...in the middle of a field, and I had to purchase heating oil to heat the place.....ARRGH!
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956