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The Clocks

Agatha Christie

Start date: October 1, 2020

Finish date: October 31, 2020

Discussion: Archive: Poirot Buddy Reads

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Archive: Poirot Buddy Reads

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Nov 05, 2020 Adrian rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: detectives-challenge-hp-2018-20, zz-paper-books, det-agatha-christie

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Am I getting bored of Poirot after 3 years or was this just an average book for AC ? I'm hoping it is the latter as I still have a few Poirot novels to go to complete the set.

What do I mean by average, well obviously still good by general standards but average for the Great Lady of Crime. My wife and I recently watched all the Poirot movies with David Suchet and I vaguely remembered the "Clocks" episode, but that didn't spoil it for me.

This books centres on the murder of an un ...more

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Oct 01, 2020 Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂ rated it liked it · review of another edition

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3.5★

I had read this one after all! It didn't sound at all familiar, but I remembered when I started reading (view spoiler)

This isn't one of Christie's best (yet another(view spoiler) but it is a pleasant way to while away the hours. Lots of literary musings of both real & imagined authors.

"I have read also," he said, "some of the early works of Mrs.Ariadne Oliver. She is by wa

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Dec 26, 2019 John rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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I really enjoyed this Poirot. It was so much better than the TV movie I saw not long ago. Shelia Webb a typist is sent out to work at someone’s house and walks into a room to find a body. She runs screaming into the street and bumps into Colin Lamb a friend of Poirot’s and who becomes involved in the case.

The story unfolds with Inspector Hardcastle investigating the neighbors and identification of a mysterious body. He also tries to solve the mystery of the clocks surrounding the body. Another ...more

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Aug 18, 2024 Tania rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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There aren't too many Agatha Christie novels I haven't read, and most of those are the ones that are generally considered not all that good. This one is one of her later ones and although it certainly isn't up there with her best, it was entertaining and It was nice to read one that was completely unfamiliar to me. ...more

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Sep 08, 2016 Gillian Kevern rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Another re-read, but I misremembered this one. I remembered that a certain character was significant and was involved with a twist at the end, so I assumed that character was the murderer. They weren't. So, I actually had the experience of a true Agatha Christie pull the rug out from under you ending when the real murderer was revealed--hence the five star rating!

It was a little disappointing in that it was a Poirot novel, but Poirot was in the background for most of the book. Colin didn't captu ...more

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