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Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)

Agatha Christie

Start date: April 1, 2019

Finish date: April 30, 2019

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Apr 03, 2019 Adrian rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: zz-paper-books, det-agatha-christie, detectives-challenge-hp-2018-20

I've waited virtually 24 hours to write a review for this book as it was quite difficult. Yes it was a slightly different perspective/style to most of the other Poirot's I've read, but it was still recognisably a Christie and a Poirot.
It was well written, with great characters, a wonderful location setting and the usual build up of tension towards Poirot's denouement and at this point it was still a very solid 4 stars, however this is where it all seemed to go bit wrong. Ok the way the (view spo ...more

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Feb 12, 2016 Gillian Kevern rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery, queens-of-crime, vintage, 1930s

Over the top plot, lots of repetition, but one of those really creepy Christie murders -- she got the atmosphere down.

Lots of prejudices on the part of the narrator. It read very classist. That aspect aside, Nurse Leatheren made an interesting foil to Poirot. Suffered from a bad case of Hastings-itis, but other than that, interesting! I would like a series of detectives and nurses.

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Nov 15, 2020 Kara rated it really liked it

Shelves: agatha-christie

I enjoyed this book as it was different from a standard Poirot formula. It took quite a while for the murder to take place and even longer for Poirot to arrive. The narrator was Amy, a straight-talking intelligent nurse. Her perspective on the mystery was really great. Poirot's final monologue when he explained the whole crime was an excellent example of the big reveal. Lots of peaks, troughs and it was incredibly entertaining.

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