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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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May 21, 2018 John Frankham rated it really liked it

Shelves: crime-detective

A pretty good later Poirot, from 1959, starting as an adventure story of princes and revolutions in Arabia, then a murder mystery in an English girls' school- only later is Poirot called in to solve the murders and the mystery.

The GR blurb:

'When what looks like an amorous assignation turns out to be an assignation of quite a different sort, a globetrotting murderer leads Hercule Poirot on a breathless chase from a revolution-torn Arab sheikdom to a very respectable English school for young ladie ...more

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Mar 21, 2018 Sahifa rated it liked it

Shelves: agatha-christie

"Cat among the Pigeons" Christie's 64th and was published in 1959. The book distinctly showcases the fact that Agatha Christie was running out of ideas by then. Espionge was certainly not her area of expertise. Agatha Christie has tried her hand in espionge mysteries once in a while but I had been disillusioned every time.There is nothing spectacular about the book except for the title which is inspired by an english idiom.
The story starts with a run-away prince ,missing diamonds and a prestigio ...more

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Nov 27, 2019 Hayley rated it really liked it

Reminded me of Josephine Tey's Miss Pym Disposes. Plus, a mystery that kept me wondering and guessing till the end! ...more

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Apr 11, 2020 Ruth rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: golden-age-and-vintage

Listened to this one on Audible, excellently narrated by Hugh Fraser. I think one of the tests of a good narrator is that you actually forget who it is because you get so absorbed in the story.

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