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Sad Cypress (Hercule Poirot, #22)

Agatha Christie

Start date: October 1, 2019

Finish date: October 31, 2019

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Mar 12, 2021 Grisette rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 3rd-pers-narration, my-kind-of-detective-thriller

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3.5 stars

⏳ [Re-read project #2 of 2023, 1st proper review, rating maintained]

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🔹️ Number of death/s: 2
🔹️ Motive for the crime: Money
🔹️ Method of crime: Poison (Morphine Hydrochlroride)
🔹️ Main location: England
🔹️ Notable element: The killer is cold and ruthless, similar to the killers in Three Act Tragedy and Curtain - the worst kind of murderers
🔹️ Book type: Novel, H. Poirot
🔹️ Reference to SH: -

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The recurring theme of this book is the murky divide between reality ...more

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Jun 12, 2019 Laura Anne rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, british-isles

2019 It's official: I've read all of Agatha Christie's novels. I started around my tenth birthday, and it only took 25 years. I really didn't want it to end. I put off the last few books for more than a decade. ...more

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Apr 07, 2017 Nanosynergy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries-thrillers-espionage, series, british, 2017read, fiction, reviewed, fiction-1940s

Elinor Carlisle is on trial for the murder of Mary Gerrar. Conviction based on the evidence seems almost certain and the police are convinced it is an open and shut case. But one man who believes in her innocence recruits Hercule Poirot to investigate.

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Jun 21, 2023 Teri-K rated it it was ok

Shelves: mystery-golden-age

I'm a long time Agatha Christie fan, and I respect her for not writing the exact same book over and over. But not everything she wrote works for me, and this is one of her misses. I think this book has several strikes against it. First, it's a psychological mystery, which I don't ever care for. Second, the "heroine" Eleanor spends the entire book in some sort of dreamy state of shock where nothing feels real and she doesn't think clearly. She's an unlikable person anyway, living aimlessly and pr ...more

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