This is, up to now, my least favourite in the Poirot series. Of course, it's fun to read as the writing style of Christie as such is as good as ever. However, The Big Four is more of a thriller story than a real detective narrative. Afterwards, I read that it was composed of separately published sho...
Hercule Poirot takes on a diabolical group of criminal masterminds whose goal is world domination. The plot was frankly ludicrous but I did enjoy the banter between Poirot and Hastings. Listened to the audio narrated by Hugh Fraser who played Captain Hastings in the TV series.
Poirot is brought up against an international conspiracy headed by the melodramatically-named Big Four: four individuals from America, France, China, and England. Poirot faces each in a series of extremely contrived adventures. The story is extremely cheesy, but lots of fun. Not a story to be take...
This was a great story that has easily stands the test of time. I was shocked when I saw that this novel was written in 1927; that's a testament to the talent Ms. Christie had.
This was the first Agatha Christie book that i read and I loved it.This book is on a grander scale than all her other books with a 'we have to save the world theme.
I've been reading the Agatha Christie's novels for some time. Apart from the short stories this was the weakest book but nevertheless it is a good book... but not the standard of the other books like Murder in Orient Expess or Murder of Roger Ackroyd. The plot was a bit different from other novels.....
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