- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Fontana; (Reissue) edition (9 May 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006168086
- ISBN-13: 978-0006168089
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.9 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 955,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is actually one of my favourite Christie novels. The main reason for this is that it contains all of the classic ingredients that really make one of her novels; a fabulous array of characters, especially the terrier dog, Bob, an excellent plot that will keep you guessing to the very end, a wonderful setting and, of course, Hercule Poirot with all his foibles to solve the mystery. A must-read for any mystery fan, and as the video starring David Suchet is equally brilliant, I recommend you make sure you own, or have at least seen and read, both.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This has to be one of my favourite Agatha Christie books. The clues flow nicely through the story, but they never let you know the murderer's identity until the end.
Miss Emily Arundell has an accident one night and everyone blames it on the dog's ball, but Miss Arundell knows her terrier Bob too well. She is convinced that her 'accident' was no accident, so she writes a letter to Poirot. By the time Poirot receives this letter two months later, Emily Arundell is already dead. Poirot's curiosity gets the better of him and he undertakes the case on the dead womans' behalf.
This is the classic scenario of the relatives who desperately need money and Miss Christie does not fail the reader in her twisting and turning approach. By the end of the book you will have fallen in love with Bob the terrier.
Miss Emily Arundell has an accident one night and everyone blames it on the dog's ball, but Miss Arundell knows her terrier Bob too well. She is convinced that her 'accident' was no accident, so she writes a letter to Poirot. By the time Poirot receives this letter two months later, Emily Arundell is already dead. Poirot's curiosity gets the better of him and he undertakes the case on the dead womans' behalf.
This is the classic scenario of the relatives who desperately need money and Miss Christie does not fail the reader in her twisting and turning approach. By the end of the book you will have fallen in love with Bob the terrier.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Another fantastic whodunit from Agatha Christie. When Poirot receives a letter from a woman who died months earlier, he sets out to prove she was murdered, and identify who did it.
This is one of my favourite of the Poirot novels I've read. The characters are the typical bunch, but they are all believable and as usual any of them could have done it. The action flows at a good speed and the reader is filled in on every clue as Poirot and Hastings uncover them - exactly as it should be.
I'm pleased to say that I worked it out around the same time as the characters, which was perfect, and feel that this is one of Christie's best. I look forward to more of this calibre of mystery.
This is one of my favourite of the Poirot novels I've read. The characters are the typical bunch, but they are all believable and as usual any of them could have done it. The action flows at a good speed and the reader is filled in on every clue as Poirot and Hastings uncover them - exactly as it should be.
I'm pleased to say that I worked it out around the same time as the characters, which was perfect, and feel that this is one of Christie's best. I look forward to more of this calibre of mystery.
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Published 16 months ago by wscracer
agatha christie's plot is perfection!
agatha christie does it again! the book is in her usual style, giving nothing away until the very end. no one could guess the ending to a brill book like this! Read more
Published 17 months ago by Sophie I
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Agatha Christie has become one of my favorite authors as she knew all too very well how to conduct a story. A well told story is too important for the reader. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Thereza C. R. Motta
Dumb Witness
This was an excellent story i enjoyed it right until the end.
Published on 24 May 2005
An exciting and thrilling book.
Mrs. Emily Arrundel was sure that one of her friends was trying to murder her. She wrote to M. Hercule Poirot on the 17th April, but strangely her letter arrived on 28th June,... Read more
Published on 5 July 2000
It's better on the telly!
It is a really good book, but it was easier to understand on the television
Published on 1 July 2000
This book is very exciting.
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