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My second Poirot book, though not in order as the first was Murder on the Orient Express. Although the complexity of the murder solving wasn't quite at the level of the Orient Express, it was still a fairly complicated knot to unravel. Poirot is invited to support a gentleman in France with a note to hurry as he feared for himself but alas he was too late. The gentleman in question has already been found on golf course he was developing, stabbed in the back. There are numerous ladies in his life
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I listened to this as an audiobook which perhaps wasn't a great idea for this book, as I seemed to find it quite difficult to keep track of what was happening. It was set in France, which may have been part of the problem - French names, and some words, which might have made more sense if I'd seen them written down.
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Apr 10, 2022
Tweller83
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Once again, the queen of mystery fooled me. I did get a couple of the twists right, but just when I was sure who did it, I was wrong. Guess that is why I love these so much. In this one we have a man who reaches out to Poirot telling him he is afraid for his life and even though Poirot leaves immediately, he is not fast enough to save the man. Hastings is just sort of a bumbling fool though, in all of the Poirot novels I've read so I'm not exactly sure why Poirot puts up with him. I guess all th
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Apr 02, 2011
Harini
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4 1/2 actually.
Agatha Christie never fails to surprise me. Reading so many books of hers I should actually give up the guessing games with her... I hardly ever succeed anyways. This book is actually among one of the best ones I have read.
Agatha Christie never fails to surprise me. Reading so many books of hers I should actually give up the guessing games with her... I hardly ever succeed anyways. This book is actually among one of the best ones I have read.
Poirot's little grey cells carry him quickly to the solution of this case. We have to wait a little longer for him to explain the detail. Talk about love triangles they are many more sides to the romance in this book
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Good Heavens the flopping around at the end! This is more twisty than, well, something VERY twisty. A fun and well-paced adventure with what we can only assume are happy endings all around. -- Poirot gets the better of the young hotshot (and gains a stuffed fox named "Giraud"), Hasting meets Cinderella, families are reformed, and the badies go to the gallows. Yes, a very satisfying mystery..... just a little too windy at the end for me. Sheesh. I think I might have gotten whiplash on that last c
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May 04, 2018
Kathy E
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