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‘First rate Christie: fast, complicated, wryly funny’ Time
‘Superb, vintage Christie’ Sunday Express
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The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings: there was his own daughter Judith, an inoffensive ornithologist called Norton, dashing Mr Allerton, brittle Miss Cole, Doctor Franklin and his Fragile wife Barbara, Nurse Craven, Colonel Luttrell and his charming wife Daisy, and the charismatic Boyd-Carrington.
So Hastings was shocked when Poirot declared that one of them was a five-times murderer. True, that ageing detective was crippled with arthritis, but had his deductive instincts finally deserted him?
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. She wrote 80 crime mysteries and collections, and saw her work translated into more languages than Shakespeare. Her enduring success, enhanced by many film and TV adaptations, is a tribute to the timeless appeal of her characters and the unequalled ingenuity of her plots.
‘First-rate Christie: fast, complicated, wryly funny’
TIME
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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If you don't already know it, this is Poirot's last case.
I came across this book after I had read MANY other Poirot's cases and I was familiar with the surroundings. Lady Agatha takes us back to Styles Court, where we first met the little Belgian man with the egg shaped head. And so, the circle is closed.
This is, in my opinion, the most mature of Christie's stories. Poirot faces the ultimate assassin: an individual capable of the perfect crime. He understands his methods, but also finds it impossible to intervene. And so he takes the matter on to his own hands, although knowing that no crime can go unpunished.
Maybe the essence of the book is in the last few lines, hidden by a mark on a man's forehead. Don't miss it.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By Christine
Format:Paperback
If you don't already know it, this is Poirot's last case.
I came across this book after I had read MANY other Poirot's cases and I was familiar with the surroundings. Lady Agatha takes us back to Styles Court, where we first met the little Belgian man with the egg shaped head. And so, the circle is closed.
This is, in my opinion, the most mature of Christie's stories. Poirot faces the ultimate assassin: an individual capable of the perfect crime. He understands his methods, but also finds it impossible to intervene. And so he takes the matter on to his own hands, although knowing that no crime can go unpunished.
Maybe the essence of the book is in the last few lines, hidden by a mark on a man's forehead. Don't miss it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Those of you that know the story will perhaps understand the meaning! A shocking and yet stunning book, so perfectly executed at Styles Court, where we first met the dapper Poirot. Now he is less than dapper but is all as it seems? A book that I wanted to read but didn't want to see come about. Despite this I can not fail but to give it full marks for a top story line and enough twists to keep anyone going.
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great read
I bought this book as I am a great fan of Agatha Christie "Poirot" and didn't realise that she had written the last book of Poirot. Read more
Published 13 days ago by shaz
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A sad end
I had wanted to read this book for ages and wasn't disappointed. It hasn't been shown yet on TV and so I knew nothing about it and as with all Agatha Christie novels it was very... Read more
Published 24 days ago by Reader Ruth
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Poignant
Another great read from Agatha Christie with a different slant on the story line. Nothing too gory and lots of leads to help you try to solve the crime.
Published 1 month ago by Kelly
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Wonderful and yet heart-breaking
As an avid Poirot fan since my childhood, I have read many of Agatha Christie's novels. When I bought this I, with some niavity, didn't really think that Poirot's last case would... Read more
Published 2 months ago by candice randall
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Poirot ends
Great last story for Poirot!! Very easy to download and use on the Kindle. Would definitely download more books for myself.
Published 2 months ago by C. Pettit
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sorry this was the last book with Poirot
Read this book about 30years ago enjoyed reading it then and also again.
If you are an Agatha Christie fan you will enjoy this.
If you are an Agatha Christie fan you will enjoy this.
Published 3 months ago by Anna Morton
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
An unusuall Poroit as it is Capt. Hastings who takes centre stage as Poroit is confined to a wheel chair or his bed.
Excellent read though.
Excellent read though.
Published 3 months ago by M. J. Doyle
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Curtain: Poirot's Last Case
Agatha Christie continues to surprise right up until the end. Fitting end for a fabulous detective. A fantastic last book.
Published 3 months ago by Soraya Dougal
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Almost real. Poirot
Curtain did not disappoint. A excellent story . I found the death of Poirot very sad. Having read almost all of Agatha Poirot mysteries I felt that Poirot was a real person and not... Read more
Published 5 months ago by gary c atkins
3.0 out of 5 stars
Poirot as an old man
A bit long winded and drawn out. However, as an avid Poirot reader and watcher on tv I had to read it.
Hope the tv version is better when released.
Hope the tv version is better when released.
Published 5 months ago by Maureen
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