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Chargement... Cards on the Table: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (édition 2003)par Agatha Christie (Auteur)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Another fine Poirot mystery by the queen of the Golden Age of Detection. Perhaps the setup is a bit artificial, but it's entertaining, insightful in the psychology of the characters and a pleasure to read. ( ) [In this book] "There are only four starters [suspects] and any one of them, given the right circumstances, might have committed the crime. That knocks out forcibly the element of surprise. Nevertheless there should be, I think, an equal interest attached to four persons, each of whom has committed murder and is capable of committing further murders. They are four widely divergent types, the motive that drives each one of them to crime is peculiar to that person, and each one would employ a different method. The deduction must, therefore, be entirely psychological, but it is none the less interesting for that, because when all is said and done it is the mind of the murderer that is of supreme interest. I may say, as an additional argument in favour of this story, that it was one of Hercule Poirot’s favourite cases. His friend, Captain Hastings, however, when Poirot described it to him, considered it very dull! I wonder with which of them my readers will agree. Christie, Agatha. Cards on the Table: Hercule Poirot Investigates . HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. Well, I can't lay claim to the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot, but neither do I have to claim Hastings'. I'm apparently to be something of a middle ground. I failed to deduct the murderer but I did enjoy the investigation to get there. So, a party of eight are invited to dine with Mr Shaitana, four of whom he considers to be murderers and four of whom represent law enforcement. The law enforcement side is made up of Hercule Poirot, Ariadne Oliver (a mystery writer and sometimes amateur sleuth), Superintendent Battle (a police officer from Scotland Yard) and Colonel Race (a government spy of sorts). Although I'm aware of who they are, I haven't actually read any of their books - but I'm certainly looking forward to it now! Although I didn't really get a feel for Colonel Race - he doesn't really play much of a part - I would've been more interested to see Mr Satterthwaite (from Harley Quin) make up the fourth member of the party. Or even Miss Marple - that would've been pretty amusing. They dine, they talk and they play bridge - and when they go to leave they find that their host, Mr Shaitana has been murdered - and only four people were in the room at the time - all of the suspected murderers. This was rather funny. I liked how the law enforcement side agree to lay their cards on the table and to share all facts. It was interesting seeing how they all worked the problem from their own strengths. On the other hand, I found the ending somewhat rather bizarre. Overall it was an interesting read. I wouldn't say it was quite as good as some of her other works, but it was definitely a solid mystery. 3.5 stars, rounded to 3. I always enjoy a good Agatha Christie novel. I am usually rather OCD about reading mystery series in order but I just pick and choose Christie haphazardly but I feel they stand on their own all well enough that this isn't an issue. This was classic Christie and I enjoyed the multiple red herrings until the "big reveal" although I think if I understood anything about bridge, it would have been helpful. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sérieAriadne Oliver (2) Colonel Race (2) Hercule Poirot (13) Appartient à la série éditorialeEst contenu dansDeath on the Nile / Murder on the Orient Express / The A.B.C. Murders / Cards on the Table / Thirteen at Dinner par Agatha Christie Poirot: The Complete Ariadne Oliver, Vol. 1: Cards on the Table, Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Dead Man's Folly, Plus Two Short Stories par Agatha Christie Agatha Christie Crime Collection: Cards on the Table / N or M? / A Murder Is Announced par Agatha Christie Murder in Three Acts / Death in the Clouds / The A.B.C. Murders / Murder in Mesopotamia / Cards on the Table par Agatha Christie Fait l'objet d'une adaptation dans
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