Third Girl
Three single girls shared the same London flat. The first worked as a secretary; the second was an artist; the third, who came to Poirot for help, disappeared believing she was a murderer. Now there were rumours of revolvers, flick-knives and blood stains. But, without hard evidence, it would...
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Three single girls shared the same London flat. The first worked as a secretary; the second was an artist; the third, who came to Poirot for help, disappeared believing she was a murderer.
Now there were rumours of revolvers, flick-knives and blood stains. But, without hard evidence, it would take all Poirot's tenacity to establish whether the third girl was guilty, innocent or insane.
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Format: hardcover
Publish date: 2004
Publisher: Planet Three Publishing
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Adult,
Mystery,
Detective,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Murder Mystery,
Fiction
‘Did she say anything?’ ‘She said she had been into the bathroom to wash the blood off her hands—and then she said, “But you can’t wash things like that off, can you?”’ ‘Out, damnéd spot, in fact?’ ‘I cannot say that she reminded me particularly of Lady Macbeth. She was—how shall I put it?—perfec...
I actually did enjoy this one more the second time around, although I maintain that the puzzle aspect of the book is just not good. Before I get to that, though, I want to talk about what I liked. Ariadne Oliver is very prominent in this book, as is Miss Lemon, which were the two things that I jus...
"Third Girl" was a strange and dispiriting journey for me. At the start of the book, I was pleasantly surprised at the contemporary (1960's) feel of the novel. There was much more humour in it than I'd expected but there was also more violence and a deeper sense of threat than in other Poirot nove...
"Third Girl" was a strange and dispiriting journey for me.At the start of the book, I was pleasantly surprised at the contemporary (1960's) feel of the novel. There was much more humour in it than I'd expected but there was also more violence and a deeper sense of threat than in other Poirot novels ...
"Third Girl" was a strange and dispiriting journey for me.At the start of the book, I was pleasantly surprised at the contemporary (1960's) feel of the novel. There was much more humour in it than I'd expected but there was also more violence and a deeper sense of threat than in other Poirot novels ...
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