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After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, #33)

Agatha Christie

Start date: June 1, 2020

Finish date: June 30, 2020

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Aug 01, 2017 BrokenTune rated it liked it · review of another edition

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3.5*

Should murder make sense? Mr Entwhistle wondered. Academically the answer was yes. But many pointless crimes were on record. It depended, Mr Entwhistle reflected, on the mentality of the murderer.

This was my first time reading After the Funeral, but, of course, it is the story that is loosely used as the story in Murder at the Gallop, that classic Marple film starring the incomparable Margaret Rutherford.

This is all wrong, of course. After the Funeral is a Poirot mystery, not a Marple.

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Apr 22, 2022 Rosario rated it really liked it

I thought this was a reread, but I didn't remember a single thing about it, so maybe not. It was so much fun. Apparently it was Christie's gleeful response to the 'accusation' that her murders were cosy and bloodless! There's great characterisation, with every single character feeling individual and believable (and ohhh, I really wanted someone to take a hatchet to that horrible Timothy!).

Some of the attitudes were a bit dated, but well, this was written in 1953. There is actually a great sense ...more

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Jun 20, 2020 Sandy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-detective-grp, mystery-classic, rread-2020

Excellent Poirot with a great scene of his agent reporting in and addressing all his comments to various items in the room, never actually meeting Poirot's eye. ...more

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