‘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 ...
Well I admit I like the cover of this book. Some of the Christie covers by HarperCollins have been pretty great. Other than that, this was a pretty average mystery novel.The character of Poirot has descended into even more pompousness if possible. After a young woman comes to Poirot saying that she ...
As the next to the next to the next to the last Poirot, there is only mediocrity in this 35th novel entry into the fussy Belgian detective's canon. Christie is clearly recycling plots - this one has elements of Taken at the Flood and Lord Edgware Dies - while making rather unsuccessful attempts to r...
Du coin de l'œil, Mrs Oliver remarqua que Poirot lui adressait de grands signes.- Un instant, chérie... C'est le boulanger - Poirot eut un haut-le-corps offusqué - Ne quittez pas !Elle abandonna le combiné et se précipita vers le détective qui eut un mouvement de recul instinctif.- Qu'est-ce qu'il y...
Lovely quick read. Mildly entertaining, page turner and easy read. Yes, Agatha Christie has some time biases (and she is certainly not a feminist), but her books are fun and quick and work to fill 24 hours. This particular novel was a bit repetitive (did Poirot really need to go through all his tho...
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