Three Act Tragedy
Sir Charles Cartwright should have known better than to allow thirteen guests to sit down for dinner. For at the end of the evening one of them is dead—choked by a cocktail that contained no trace of poison. Predictable, says Hercule Poirot, the great detective. But entirely unpredictable is that...
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Sir Charles Cartwright should have known better than to allow thirteen guests to sit down for dinner. For at the end of the evening one of them is dead—choked by a cocktail that contained no trace of poison. Predictable, says Hercule Poirot, the great detective. But entirely unpredictable is that he can find absolutely no motive for murder.…
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062073839 (0062073834)
Publish date: 2011-06-14
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Series: Hercule Poirot (#11)
Series: Poirot #11 *Applause.* I feel a bit as if this was Christie’s response to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles. As in that book, our detective disappears near the beginning only to reappear halfway through. Instead of Poirot, we get to witness the sleuthing talents of S...
I would have never guessed the culprit until the very end... A very good one! Also with some kind of sweet romance in the background.
This book did start off really slow. The first few pages were setting the scene so to speak and it was good to set up all of the characters. However, this story was told from Hercule Poirot's friend Mr. Satterthwaite third person point of view. I realize that I really don't care for most of the Poir...
"Am I being a complete fanciful ass, or does this business remind you of—of—?’ ‘Of that business at Loomouth? Yes, it does. But of course we may be mistaken. The resemblance may be only superficial. After all, sudden deaths occur the whole time from a variety of causes.’ " Really, the whole time? ...
No doubt a good Agatha Christie novel. Couldn't figure it out who the killer and I was suprised. I really was. My problem with the book was the lack of... Herculae Poirot. More than half the book has no Poirot in it. The "play" is set by three other characters. Mr Satterthwaite, Sir Charles Cartwrig...
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