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What a devilish book this is!
It is no secret that Agatha Christie is one of my favourite authors, and in this novel, she truly excels. Slowly, inexorably, all the pieces of the chess, or mystery, are put in place awaiting the final scene - the murder - but things are of course not what they appear. The tension grows while all these characters meet, cross and finally come together. No Poirot present, although mentioned, but a very competent Superintendent Battle.
This is definitely one of her bes ...more
It is no secret that Agatha Christie is one of my favourite authors, and in this novel, she truly excels. Slowly, inexorably, all the pieces of the chess, or mystery, are put in place awaiting the final scene - the murder - but things are of course not what they appear. The tension grows while all these characters meet, cross and finally come together. No Poirot present, although mentioned, but a very competent Superintendent Battle.
This is definitely one of her bes ...more
A nicely complicated case, with Dame Christie giving us a number of clues pointing one way then another, and confusing the readers’ views on the characters’ motives. And Superintendent Battle, while on vacation, is pulled into the case. The amusing thing is, though Poirot’s not at all present, Battle has been paying attention to the fussy detective’s methods and foibles, a little of which help Battle figure his way through the case. An enjoyable mystery.
I think Battle is a great character and I wish he had been featured in a few more stories. This is a wonderful mystery, everyone is a suspect and the why at the end is very psychopathic.
Jul 11, 2014
Candace
marked it as to-read
Apr 28, 2017
Jo
marked it as to-read
May 12, 2019
Susy
marked it as to-read
