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Jesse
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“The Incredible Theft”
I KNEW that I read this story! Or, rather, the short story that Christie expanded it from—“The Submarine Plans”, which I read in The Grey Cells of M. Poirot. This is a fun story and memorable for Poirot’s banter as well as a goofy moment where a young French maid hits on Poirot, still winking after he rebuffs her. Dang, I wanna read more of these expanded stories!
— Oct 02, 2024 01:33PM
I KNEW that I read this story! Or, rather, the short story that Christie expanded it from—“The Submarine Plans”, which I read in The Grey Cells of M. Poirot. This is a fun story and memorable for Poirot’s banter as well as a goofy moment where a young French maid hits on Poirot, still winking after he rebuffs her. Dang, I wanna read more of these expanded stories!
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Jesse
is on page 298 of 299
“Triangle At Rhodes”
We open with Poirot slathering sunscreen on one of a pair of single women as they are all in Italy on their own vacations. There’s a lot of gossip and an apparent, blooming love triangle. A triangle whose angles add up to 180 degrees of murder.
— Oct 02, 2024 09:01PM
We open with Poirot slathering sunscreen on one of a pair of single women as they are all in Italy on their own vacations. There’s a lot of gossip and an apparent, blooming love triangle. A triangle whose angles add up to 180 degrees of murder.
Jesse
is on page 265 of 299
“Dead Man’s Mirror”
This is a fun accusing parlor-type story that also has a cameo from Mr. Satterthwaite from Three Act Tragedy. Poirot has to figure out who staged a suicide to cover for a murder and I don’t mind telling you that I had NO inkling toward the guilty party. It’s a wonder how many Poirot stories tend to end in soap opera-style reveals.
— Oct 02, 2024 08:22PM
This is a fun accusing parlor-type story that also has a cameo from Mr. Satterthwaite from Three Act Tragedy. Poirot has to figure out who staged a suicide to cover for a murder and I don’t mind telling you that I had NO inkling toward the guilty party. It’s a wonder how many Poirot stories tend to end in soap opera-style reveals.
Jesse
is on page 83 of 299
“Murder in the Mews”
I like this book’s format! The novella-length cases are more satisfying than the short stories in The Grey Cells. This case has a pretty good major twist and I appreciate that this one focuses on Japp as the sidekick as you get a better sense of the purposefully-bumbling-inspector solving cases within his means but always eager for Poirot’s cryptic input.
— Oct 02, 2024 10:02AM
I like this book’s format! The novella-length cases are more satisfying than the short stories in The Grey Cells. This case has a pretty good major twist and I appreciate that this one focuses on Japp as the sidekick as you get a better sense of the purposefully-bumbling-inspector solving cases within his means but always eager for Poirot’s cryptic input.
