Peril at End House (Hercule Poirot, #8) in Appointment With Agatha

Sep 01, 2021 Wanda Pedersen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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It is amazing to me how much Agatha Christie could do in a book with less than 200 pages! Mind you, we are already acquainted with M. Poirot and Arthur Hastings at this point, but still, she gives us such vivid portrayals so compactly. Rather than writing long descriptions, she sketches quick characters and sets them in motion and lets the reader fill in the blanks from there.

Christie had really hit her stride as a mystery writer by this novel. There's no fooling around with international crime ...more

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Jun 04, 2020 Teresa rated it it was amazing

Another wonderful Poiret mystery. I thoroughly enjoyed the story. Poiret was his usual 'modest' self and Hastings as bumbling as ever. ...more

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Oct 25, 2015 Laura rated it liked it

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From BBC Radio 4 Extra:
Episode 1: Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is on holiday in Cornwall when a bullet lands at his feet at the Majestic Hotel...

Episode 2: Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings attend Maggie Buckley's dinner party and make a startling discovery.

Episode 3: Hercule Poirot discovers the identity of the body - and then turns his attention to some old letters.

Episode 4: Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings head to London to meet up with Chief Inspector Japp.

Episode 5: He ...more

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Jul 03, 2021 Gretchen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

That ending! So brilliant!

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Apr 06, 2021 Debbie Maskus rated it liked it

Peril at End House shows a naïve Hercule Poirot that falls under the spells of Magdala “Nick” Buckley. Each chapter displays a foolish man that believes everything a young, beautiful woman tells him. Poirot does not allow the little gray cells to invade this case until the final chapters. Nick enlists Poirot to guard against multiple plots of killing her. But why would anyone want to kill Nick, she has no money? Then a glimmer appears when Nick tells of her engagement to Michael Seton, a world c ...more

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Jul 13, 2012 Roseli Gomes rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Bem, esse livro é excelente, e tinha lido há pouco tempo e consegui lembrar um pouco da história.

A maldade humana não tem fim e o dinheiro é sempre o problema nesses textos...

Sempre me pergunto: se não houvesse o dinheiro será que teríamos um mundo melhor?

Boas leituras!!

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