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Evil Under the Sun (Hercule Poirot, #24)

Agatha Christie

Start date: December 1, 2019

Finish date: December 31, 2019

Discussion: Archive: Poirot Buddy Reads

Why we're reading this: Another classic title in our series of Poirot buddy reads.
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Apr 09, 2017 Nanosynergy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mysteries-thrillers-espionage, series, fiction, reviewed, british, fiction-1940s, 2017read

I'm of two minds on this book. I'm a Christie fan and enjoyed the story, but also felt it was a bit thin. Perhaps this is partly the result of binge reading the Poirot series. Maybe I need to consider taking a break from Christie's Poirotiverse to clear the palate with some pithier read and then return. But that's not happening. This book does have an apt title - Evil Under the Sun. It also has Christie's usual finite, ensemble cast of characters with a love triangle, a angsty stepdaughter, an a ...more

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Dec 04, 2019 Susan in NC rated it really liked it

Shelves: want-to-reread, christie

4.5 stars - I’m sure I read this many years ago, and I know I’ve seen the TV film with David Suchet as Poirot at least once. It’s a delightful Christie, with her usual brilliant characters, tight plotting and knotty mystery.

The book opens with Poirot sitting among the holiday makers at the Jolly Roger Hotel, a seaside resort; as he and his fellow guests observe the sunbathers on the beach below, another guest, beautiful former actress Arlena Stuart Marshall strolls out to join them. Every male h ...more

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