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Reading Order for the Unofficial Poirot Buddy Reads
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last updated Dec 27, 2020 08:20AM
Poirot Buddy Read 40: SPOILER THREAD Curtain
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Feb 06, 2019
Susan in NC
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it was amazing
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christie
Wow! I know I read this Poirot maaaany years ago, and I seem to remember the David Suchet production of it, but all I could remember was the murder method- the murderer blew me away, didn’t see that coming at all!
The story opens on a flight from Paris to Croyden, with a typical Christie selection of passengers- and suspects - including Hercule Poirot. But, as usual when on a plane or boat, he is not feeling his best and trying to rest through the flight. Christie brilliantly sketches each passen ...more
The story opens on a flight from Paris to Croyden, with a typical Christie selection of passengers- and suspects - including Hercule Poirot. But, as usual when on a plane or boat, he is not feeling his best and trying to rest through the flight. Christie brilliantly sketches each passen ...more
Hercule Poirot takes a commercial flight from Paris to London. A female passenger is found murdered, apparantly killed using a thorn delivered with a blow gun tinged with the deadly venom of a South African tree snake - a Boomslang. A dead wasp is also found next to the woman's seat and, even more odd, the blow gun is found wedged in Poirot's seat. A set group of suspects for this murder done in flight, including Poirot. It takes all his little grey cells to solve this mystery and clear his name
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2025 Series Re-read: I remembered the "impossible crime" and the solution but not the characters or small details. So, these delightful scenes were almost like discovering a new Christie. Is Daniel Clancy an homage to a fellow GAD author?
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Nov 04, 2007
Jenn Estepp
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Apr 24, 2012
Peggy
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Jan 01, 2013
Bhavya Mathur
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