- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (September 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1579127363
- ISBN-13: 978-1579127367
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 17.5 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #112,893 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A splendid mystery. -- New York Herald Tribune
The best Christie in years. -- San Francisco Chronicle --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The best Christie in years. -- San Francisco Chronicle --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
A party ends in murder when a doctor is left lying in a pool of blood. His wife is holding the gun. But nothing is that simple for Hercule Poirot.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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At 6:13 A.M. on a Friday morning Lucy Angkatell's big blue eyes opened upon another day, and as always, she was at once wide awake and began immediately to deal with the problems conjured up by her incredibly active mind. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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At 6:13 A.M. on a Friday morning Lucy Angkatell's big blue eyes opened upon another day, and as always, she was at once wide awake and began immediately to deal with the problems conjured up by her incredibly active mind. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Very good, but....,
By A Customer
This review is from: Hollow (Paperback)
OOh, this is actually a very good book to read. I have to agree with some other readers that the book started off very slow. What I like about the book, however, is that Agatha Christie used a very different approach to write this particular piece of work. Nice job.Hercule Poirot actually isnt the spot light in the story. You will not find the usual Hercule Poirot, who like to use his "grey cell" to put the crime scene back together. If you are looking for a typical Poirot's advanture, you'll be disappointed. =)
5.0 out of 5 stars
Poirot accepts a lunch invitation from a neighbor and.....,
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This review is from: Hollow (Paperback)
arrives in time to solve a murder. Hercule Poirot has taken a weekend cottage in the country. Naturally his new neighbors, the Angkatells, Lucy and Henry, invite him to join their houseparty for luncheon. The other guests include Dr. John Christow, his adoring and boring wife Gerda, his mistress Henrietta Savernake, the renowned sculptor as well as Midge Hardcastle, a distant cousin, David Angkatell another distant cousin currently at Cambridge and Edward Angkatell, the current occupant of the family estate, Ainswick. We are given background information on these characters and their relationships to one another in the opening chapters of the novel. By the time Poirot arrives on the scene the tension is so thick that it is almost a relief when the murder is committed! The story progresses in typical Christie fashion, all the clues are fairly laid out leaving the reader to sort through the red herrings to solve the crime. This 1946 novel has worn well, it could be filmed today as either a period piece or updated and be enjoyed either way. Christie herself has questioned the appearance of Poirot in this story, Hercule is not pivotal to this one, although he does not detract from the book either. This is one of those books that could be enjoyed by non Christie detective fans as well as her devotees. In fact this one could even be enjoyed by those who are not particularly murder mystery fans.
4.0 out of 5 stars
typical agatha christie's book,
By ainil "ainil" (kuala lumpur,Malaysia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hollow (Paperback)
it seems that this mystery got a necessary flavour to become a good movie ever...full of melodramatic elements entangles with murder and the characters are all believable....a necessary ingredients to become a good movie..but the mystery is just so and so only....
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