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Jan 07, 2010

Yas rated it:

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Oct 11, 2011

mark rated it:

Choose Your Own Adventure!

You Are Special, Perfect You. Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? You Must Remember This: The Song Is You, I See You Everywhere, As Long as I Live, Just for You, Crazy For You, You, You, You. I Love You, More Than You Know. You Are Special, Little One

You Don't Love Me Yet. Say You Love Me, Say You Need Me! You Belong To Me; You Are Mine. You Can't Win.

Don't Look Behind You, If You Could See Me Now, I Will Wait for You: Eternal Blis More...

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Apr 01, 2010

Laurel rated it:

I read this under the title The Patriotic Murders, but I much prefer the alternate title, emphasizing the nursery rhyme. I really enjoy Christie's creepy way of taking childish rhyme and building murder mysteries around them, and while sometimes it feels a little forced to make the chapters fit the verses, overall it works. I can see how patriotism plays a role in the story and emphasizes that it's WWII-era, but I think of it more as "the dentist murder". It's very cute that even the g More...

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May 07, 2011

Mitch rated it:

It's been years since I've read an Agatha Christie book and when I found this book on the free table at work, I thougt it was a nice find and a perfect excuse to read another one of her books. I'm quite glad that I rediscovered Angatha Christie with this fun mystery "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe", A Hercule Poirot tale.

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Hercule Poirot's trip to the dentist seems normal enough, but is ANYTHING normal with Poirot around? Of cou More...

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Jul 22, 2010

Tomas rated it:

When Hercule Poirot’s own dentist, Henry Morley, is found dead from a gunshot wound, the official verdict is that he has killed himself; a verdict apparently supported when it appears that he has given one of his patients a fatal overdose of anaesthetic. Poirot suspects, however, that there is more to the case than there first appears, and soon events confirm his worst suspicions.

This novel is a Hercule Poirot mystery written in 1940 which also features recurring character Chief Insp More...

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Jul 28, 2010

Meave rated it:

This is a nice twisty one. But it gets three stars because of the following:

"He is in that group that marches around, waving flags and march and salute, and of course I suppose Mr. Blunt's wife was a very prominent Jewess, and they just work up these poor young men–quite harmless ones like Frank–until they think they are doing something wonderful and patriotic."

What I understand to be insinuated here is some kind of Nazi-type group? "It's not his fault, the More...

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Nov 30, 2010

Holly rated it:

This was a good book. Hercule Poirot's dentist is found dead of a gunshot wound to the head. The police call it suicide, but Poirot is not convinced. The dentist's death is followed closely by the deaths of two of his patients, and Poirot undertakes to solve the mystery. Is it possible that these three deaths were merely "collateral damage" in a campaign to eliminate an influential financier, another of the dentist's patients? Two suspects immediately present themselves for considerati More...

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Jun 24, 2011

Biotech rated it:

Twenty one, Twenty two,
3 stars won't do!

Another mystic mystery from the cryptic ~~Christery~~ Christie. Love to read her novels on the move. They do make for a thrill-filled ride every time.

Dentist Mr.Morley 'appears' to have committed suicide in his own surgery. No suspicion whatsoever arises on the clients who visited him during the hour, our good old Poirot being one of them. Thinking he did it? Common, AC's smarter than that! While everyone believes in the suicide t More...

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May 13, 2011

Jim rated it:

This is a well written British mystery that any fan of Agatha Christie’s will enjoy. Hercule Poirot is drawn into this case when his dentist is found shot in the head on the same day that Poirot had seen him for a cleaning.

The police initially label the death a suicide, but Poirot thinks otherwise. A chance encounter on the street in front of the dentist’s building, in which a woman knocks the buckle off of her shoe, proves to be an important clue for the great detective. More...

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Jul 14, 2011

Sandra rated it:

Haven't read Agatha Christie in ages. I saw a whole shelf of her books in the library and thought, hell why not? So I borrowed one to relive my childhood memories.

So far, I'm just meandering along. Either this is not one of her better books or else I've outgrown Agatha Christie (D: let this not happen!) but I must remember I'm reading this for the mystery and plot, not the writing or characterisation or anything.

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Dec 31, 2009

Jay rated it:

A fast-paced classic my the Queen of Crime in which Poirot confronts that most heinous of all criminals - the dentist!
Seriously, though, the plot moves along at a cracking pace and even a die-hard Christie fan such as myself would find it hard to follow all the clues and unravel the mystery. Despite thinking that I am well versed with the 'formula' Dame Christie uses to pen her novels, I honestly didn't see the ending coming... I was on a totally different track, without a clue as to who t More...

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Nov 26, 2010

Ana T. rated it:

This was another Agatha Christie novel that I read last September, I'm terribly behind with my reviews but since I'll be home for the next few months maybe I'll manage to catch up.

I had some misgivings about this Poirot mystery. I felt it had a darker side than the other Christie novels I've been reading as it deals with the political forces emerging during WWII and not all the characters are pleasant ones. In terms of the mystery it is a compelling read with the action developing at More...

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May 09, 2011

Sammy rated it:

The death of Poirot’s dentist reunites him with Inspector Japp for one final investigation together.

An unusually bleak foray for Dame Agatha, coinciding with the onset of World War II, and investigating conflicts between conservatism and communism. It’s not always subtle, nor brilliant, but it’s an interesting step for Christie. However, "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" is neither particularly eye-catching nor, for that matter, unpredictable… at least in the murder mystery elemen More...

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Feb 07, 2012

Hend rated it:

i love agatha cristie novel..
but there is some technical points ....as a dentist..
to give Anaesthesia there is techniques so, only a dentist can give it to be sure that the Anaesthesia works.otherwise it fails...
and to cure the tooth and make filling is not something that the killer pretend to while the real dentist was already dead...
also one cant die from adrenaline and novocain given in dental dose as Anaesthesia.....as the greek man was killed in this novel...
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Sep 02, 2011

Ronald rated it:

This is perhaps the first Agatha Christie mystery I've ever read. I'm very familiar with her works, however, through watching the WGBH/PBS show Mystery!, which has frequently aired the BBC productions of her mysteries — so I of course visualized David Suchet as Hercule Poirot and Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp. After struggling to keep all the other characters straight in the early part of the book, the solution at the end was a surprise.

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Jan 04, 2009

Linda rated it:

An Agatha Christie mystery - a quick read, but a great book as well. This is one of the books featuring Hercule Poirot, and as in many of her other mysteries, Christie makes you suspect one character of the crime, then another, then another (or could be a conspiracy or many characters - not uncommon). As usual, I couldn't put the book down (and my husband read it just as quickly). Christie keeps you thinking and guessing until the very last chapters.

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May 14, 2011

Bigyellowtaxi1 rated it:

I think this was a Agatha Christie's guilty pleasure. The book reads "like a thriller by a lady novelist" and is a tongue-in-cheek adventure. Well aware of all the cliches Christie embraces them, rather than avoids, and the humour is all the better for it. Despite this the plot is original and the conclusion utterly unexpected. Superbly written with dry asides and short punchy sentences. Clever and witty this is Christie at her best.

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Jun 01, 2010

Kristensilvermoore rated it:

I thought this novel was a really good Poirot mystery. Christie does withhold information until toward the very end of the novel, which can be irritating to those mystery readers who really like to try to figure out who did it. However, I would say that all the pieces were there, but it was just so hard to put together. I tried to figure it out, but was overwhelmed by red herrings and extraneous information.

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Jun 23, 2011

Barb rated it:

Sometimes I find Agatha Christie books hard to follow the dialogue because her writing style has a whole conversation going on for two pages without a "he said." I do like her books and I never guess who did it, but that is to be believed because all the clues are never given. All the clues are given when the murderer is being confronted and there is no way to have guessed, unless it was lucky.

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May 06, 2011

Maninee rated it:

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Oct 23, 2009

Matthew rated it:

I listened to this as sort of a filler book while I was waiting for something else to come. It's the first Agatha Christie book I've read, though I've watched scores of her mysteries on PBS.

I thought this was a fast-paced, fun, well-written mystery. I was a little confused in the end out Poirot came to some of his conclusions, but I didn't think they were unreasonable conclusions. Just a fun, light mystery read.

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Sep 29, 2011

Brittany rated it:

Not my favorite Poirot mystery. In this one Poirot investigates the murder of his dentist the same day that he visited him. I didn't care for this cast of characters as much, and I thought the mystery was a little bit far fetched, or hard to follow. But I will still read Poirot because I do love how he figures out who murdered who.

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Feb 01, 2011

Stefan rated it:

One, Two Buckle My Shoe is an fun, gripping and indigenous mystery tale. The large cast of characters and variety of settings (particularly that the murder was set in a doctor’s office) made the story fresh and exciting. And of course, the identity of the murderer(s) (was it should be) was a complete and splendid surprise.

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Sep 27, 2010

Evelyn rated it:

I love me some Agatha Christie, and this is no exception. I've read complaints that the murderer didn't really have to do one of the murders, but really I don't see a way around it, now that I've read the whole thing. Anyway, this is classic Christie. It's not as tightly plotted as And Then There Were None, but what is?

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Sep 06, 2011

Najla rated it:

القصة لحادثة جريمة وقعت في عيادة طبيب الأسنان...اجاثاكرستي تعاني من مشكلة الخوض في تفاصيل كثيرة وتوصيفات دقيقة لاشكال الاشخاص وجميع الأماكن التي تدور فيها الاحداث مما يجعلني في العادة اشعر بملل شديد في منتصف الرواية...والمجرم دائما يكون الشخص الذي تحاول ان تجعل القارئ لا يفكر انه قد يكون القاتل لهذا بالعادة لا احاول ان اتعب نفسي في التفكير لان القاتل في العادة سيكون المحقق نفسه او بائع الجرائد المسكين او ربما ايضا الجار العجوز المقعد More...

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Oct 24, 2011

Kathleen rated it:

I picked this up in the airport the other day and it seems as if some of the Agatha Christie mysteries are being published in a new edition. I thought i had read most of the Hercule Poirot ones a long time ago (high school) but this one didn't seem familiar. I am looking forward to reading more.

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Aug 02, 2010

Betsy rated it:

I almost gave this four stars. We couldn't figure out the ending so to me, that makes this more fun. Still, the nursery rhyme gimmick is cheesy and some parts get a bit convoluted. All in all, I'd recommend it to Christie lovers as a good Poirot, but not one of the best.

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Nov 11, 2011

Miss Karen Jean rated it:

Oh Agatha, you're so nice to spend the day with.

An enjoyable read with an older, more tired Poirot. His little grey cells still work better than the average man's, especially as he works his way through the "unimportant" murder that surround a very important man.

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Jan 29, 2012

Paleomichi rated it:

Questo libro mi è piaciuto abbastanza, ma non posso dire di essere stata particolarmente colpita. È vero che la storia inizia con una visita dal dentista, ed essendomi tolta da poco due denti sicuramente non ho apprezzato. Poi mi sembra un Poirot giù di tono. In generale credo che l'elemento che mi è piaciuto di meno sia l'intrigo internazionale, fra politica e spionaggio. Questo porta ad una trama confusa, con personaggi ambivalenti e di difficile inquadramento. Nonostante la soluzione sia molt More...

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Jan 06, 2011

Miriam rated it:

The mystery was very interesting and complicated, but I felt that the way the chapters matched the parts of the nursery rhyme was a little forced. Also, I agree with the other reviewer who is sick of Christie's racism. All the little comments add up after a while.

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