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Reading Order for the Unofficial Poirot Buddy Reads
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Poirot Buddy Read 40: SPOILER THREAD Curtain
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What mysteries are you reading at the moment? Old thread, 2019-2020
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Retired actor Sir Charles Cartwright holds a dinner party. During drinks, the Rev. Stephen Babbington suddenly dies, but chemical analysis of his martini glass finds no poison. Yet he was poisoned. No motive can be found for Rev. Babbington's murder. Enter Hercule Poirot....
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So I have this ancient paperback edition I picked up somewhere (probably one of the five Little Free Libraries in my neighborhood), published in 1934. This pleased me until I read that the book underwent substantial changes somewhere along the way, changing the title, the chapter titles, and even the motive (!). So I had to cross-reference the ending with the library edition. It's hilarious that the ending is so different. Originally I had described the ending as "unsatisfying", and it was. The
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I think I read this years ago, and I know I’ve seen the dramatization with David Suchet as Poirot; this time I listened to the BBC Radio 4 audiobook while reading along.
Fun and well-done classic Poirot, but this time, he’s in the background as Sir Charles, a retired actor, Egg Lytton Gore and Mr. Sattersthwaite investigate. Sir Charles was hosting a party of London and local friends at his seaside home when the local vicar keels over. He’s been poisoned, but only Egg, a vivacious, charming young ...more
Fun and well-done classic Poirot, but this time, he’s in the background as Sir Charles, a retired actor, Egg Lytton Gore and Mr. Sattersthwaite investigate. Sir Charles was hosting a party of London and local friends at his seaside home when the local vicar keels over. He’s been poisoned, but only Egg, a vivacious, charming young ...more
I have a soft spot for this one. Not even sure why, but I do.
Mar 22, 2016
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2025 Series Re-read: 3.5 stars I enjoy this story and the characters but wish there was more Poirot. The "amateur sleuths" could have been checking in with him from the start, but instead he disappears for half the book. I found I had misremembered one element of the story: (view spoiler)
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Aubree Goodlad
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Peggy
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