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After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping …
I found it somewhat tiresome, I suppose due to its dedication to depicting the ground realities of detective work. The setting was beautifully realized, and I loved the attention to detail, London came to life here. This is as noir as it gets, and it feels like the kind of book best read on a cold, snowy night.
They are a vicious international quartet of criminals known as "The Big Four". Number One was a brilliant Chinese, the …
Village rumor hints that Mrs. Ferrars poisoned her husband, but no one is sure. Then there's another victim in a …
Poirot's Early Cases is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by Collins …
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie. It was written in the middle …
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I quite liked this one, one of the rare Poirot stories where I was able to figure out how it happened and why, probably due to the generous amount of clues. The setting and the cast made this more fun than the usual fare, it takes its time introducing you to everyone and there's a nice slow build up before the murder actually happens. There's a nice little web of relationships here and almost every character gets their own slice of development which gives this one a more intimate feel and a nice helping of character drama throughout. There's a lot of tension in this one partially because of the setting but also because there are a lot of potential suspects - though I do feel it's a bit more easy to deduce what's going on here compared to a lot of other Poirot stories. It was nice seeing Poirot's …
I quite liked this one, one of the rare Poirot stories where I was able to figure out how it happened and why, probably due to the generous amount of clues. The setting and the cast made this more fun than the usual fare, it takes its time introducing you to everyone and there's a nice slow build up before the murder actually happens. There's a nice little web of relationships here and almost every character gets their own slice of development which gives this one a more intimate feel and a nice helping of character drama throughout. There's a lot of tension in this one partially because of the setting but also because there are a lot of potential suspects - though I do feel it's a bit more easy to deduce what's going on here compared to a lot of other Poirot stories. It was nice seeing Poirot's inner matchmaker at work again, perhaps he should've dabbled in that trade a bit more.
