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Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot, #36)

Agatha Christie

Start date: September 1, 2020

Finish date: September 30, 2020

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Apr 04, 2022 Kavita rated it really liked it

Shelves: uk, school-stories, mystery

Though set in a girls' school, Cat Among the Pigeons is a whirlwind of adventure with a revolution, an assassination, 3 murders, a kidnapping, and a robbery. If that's not enough, Christie also gives us 2 murderers, a blackmailer, and a couple of impersonators. My school certainly wasn't this exciting! I also loved that it was a mainly women's world. Female victims, female suspects, and female characters. Except for the investigators.

Prince Ali of Ramat is probably assassinated and it is believ ...more

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Feb 01, 2017 Damaskcat rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

An unpopular games teacher is found murdered in the sports pavilion. It seems like a random attack, until another body is discovered and the tension mounts. Some parents take their daughters away from the school in fright but there are some girls left and at the moment the murderer seems to be preying on the teachers so the pupils feel quite safe. Then Julia Upjohn realises that she could be the next victim and she asks Hercule Poirot to investigate.

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Sep 30, 2020 Frances rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-series

This was another really good Poirot mystery, set mainly in an exclusive girls boarding school, with a hint of espionage and a late arrival by Poirot to wrap everything up. Very satisfying and enjoyable as I approach the end of my Poirot read.

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Sep 04, 2020 Jill rated it really liked it

Shelves: agatha-christie

As usual I did enjoy the book, and Christie is so easy to read, but I was disappointed that Poirot did not show up until well over halfway through. I had my suspicions as to who the murderer was, but couldn't say I was completely satisfied with my thoughts. The characters throughout were interesting, and the setting in a girls school was different, albeit a very upper class establishment. ...more

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