The Big Four in 100+ Books in 2025

Mar 18, 2008 Carmen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-and-thrillers

A conglomerate of dictator want to bes take on Hercule Poirot. They are trying to take on the world, and only Poirot can stop them. Of course he does, but the subtrefuge in this book is truly interesting.

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Jan 29, 2016 Jgrace rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: women-writers, judithg, england, brit-lit, series, mystery, mystery-series, 20th-century, jgrace, read-in-2013

The Big Four - Agatha Christie
audio performance by Hugh Fraser
4 stars

This is the fifth book in the Poirot series. It is a series of linked short stories which revolve around Poirot’s quest to thwart an international crime syndicate known as the Big Four. Much of it borders on the ridiculous, a bit of comic book crime fighting. Colonel Hastings has returned to England from his South American ranch for a very extended visit with his old friend Poirot. (Apparently his wife does not miss him.) This ...more

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Jun 06, 2013 Nikita rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Aug 31, 2011 Amy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Oh that Poirot is such a sneaky little devil. He had many people fooled in this one, including myself and Hastings. I think this is one of my favorite Poirots so far!

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May 31, 2010 Dolly rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: england-english, mystery, france-french, 2010, other-usa, italy-italian-roman, death, china-chinese

This story just seemed to drag for me. Usually I am so caught up in her mysteries that I don't want to put the book down. But this one didn't capture my imagination or my interest. It's a rather contrived plot and overly dramatic; I expected to see "Dr. No" or "Goldfinger" pop up at any time. Perhaps that was the effect she was going for. I don't know, but it was by far my least favorite book of hers.

Still, the Agatha Christie tour continues. Next comes The Mystery of the Blue Train.

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Jan 23, 2020 Victoria rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: agatha-christie

Agatha Christie refers to this as ‘that rotten book’, and she is completely correct to do so.

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Dec 11, 2007 Huma rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: christie, hercule-poirot

Read it on the Poirot and Hastings omnibus, don't remember much about the story now. But the name is very familiar and I'm pretty sure I loved it. ...more

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