Murder in the Mews: A Short Story (Hercule Poirot)
Previously published in the anthology Murder in The Mews.Japp asks Poirot to join him at a house in Bardsley Garden Mews where a Mrs Barbara Allen shot herself the previous evening – Guy Fawkes Night – the moment of death being disguised by the noise of fireworks. Once there they find that the...
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Previously published in the anthology Murder in The Mews.Japp asks Poirot to join him at a house in Bardsley Garden Mews where a Mrs Barbara Allen shot herself the previous evening – Guy Fawkes Night – the moment of death being disguised by the noise of fireworks. Once there they find that the doctor thinks there is something strange about the death of the fine lady, a you
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Format: ebook
Pages no: 100
Edition language: English
Murder in the Mews comprises of four short stories / novellas, a format which I normally struggle with. But I really liked the majority of these stories, despite the last one called "Triangle at Rhodes". I found that one quite boring. My favorite story "Dead Man´s Mirror" was also the longest one in...
I actually listened to all but the last story, Triangle at Rhodes. Overall: Murder in the Mews: This is a novella length Poirot story, which I listened to on a 2 hour drive that extended to 3 hours because of some traffic delays. It held my attention, and has an interesting twist at the end. The m...
I was rather surprised, if not disappointed, to learn only after I started reading Murder in the Mews, that this book in the Poirot series in fact consists out of four totally independent stories. Even for Agatha Christie I would say that four mysteries in less than 350 pages is a bit of a stretch.A...
That odd, little foreigner with the strange mustache Hercule Poirot is at it again!In Murder in the Mews, a collection of shorts, Poirot's razor-sharp mind is pitted against such stumpers as a suicide/murder conundrum, a deadly love triangle, and a case of important papers gone missing. Originally ...
Now, that's it. That's a good Poirot's stories. I was beginning to get nervous about the average stories I was reading.Four tales, novellas - all of them with Poirot in the centerpiece. Murder in the Mews The dead of a woman in her own house. Did she kill herself or was killed. I really enjoy the en...
11 years ago
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