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Dumb Witness
Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17)
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Calum Fisher
Apr 23, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Christie in the 1930s was delivering, novel after novel, some of the absolutely most ingenious and tightly plotted detective fiction ever written. This one is not, however, a masterpiece on that level - I guessed it, which I never do, and the central clue is very obvious. But there is so much else to enjoy. She is a magnificent conjurer of atmosphere, and I appreciated her here particularly as a comedienne. There is sharp satire in her portrait of inter-war village life (the town gossip's casual ...more
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Sandy
Jul 06, 2019 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery-classic, mystery-detective-grp, rread-2019
Love the thoughts of Bob the dog, though he didn't witness anything! ...more
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