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Marie (UK)
Mar 05, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Agatha Christie excels again. Set in a Hotel on an island in the South of England which is accessible only when not covered by the tide. A young woman is murdered whilst Poirot is visiting. There are plenty of suspects but all seem to have strong alibis. Like, many Poirot mysteries the Police seem to leap rapidly to the wrong conclusions ignoring the movement of Poirot's little grey cells. There are some interesting twists and turns but it is one of the more obvious of this author's mysteries ...more
Tweller83
Jan 31, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
I enjoyed this one about the actress being strangled on the beach while Poirot is on holiday. The ending was not at all what I expected, she got me good on this one! I completely fell for the red herring. I love Christie's books and was going to follow along on a readalong from a booktuber but have to join Discord to do it and I'm just not willing to add another social media platform to my day so I think I'll create my own read-along and read them in publication order. Maybe I'll make that a mul ...more
Sonia
Oct 08, 2010 rated it really liked it
Harini
Nov 20, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Nathalie
May 15, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: e-reader
Genie
Aug 04, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Kathy E
Oct 11, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: mystery-suspense
Yesica
Aug 08, 2012 rated it really liked it
Supriya Rangaswamy
Feb 22, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Katt Hansen
Apr 20, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelves: books-i-own
Ruth
May 16, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mystery
Kindra
Dec 20, 2017 marked it as to-read
Theresa Wright
Sep 13, 2018 marked it as to-read
Clare
Nov 15, 2019 rated it liked it
Karigan
Dec 22, 2020 marked it as to-read
Isabel
Feb 17, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1900s, crime, read-in-2021
britt
Jun 27, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Barbara
Dec 08, 2024 marked it as to-read
Alisa Lea
Sep 20, 2025 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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