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Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (Collins Crime Club) (Hardcover)

by Agatha Christie (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; 1st edition (7 Jul 1975)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0002316196
  • ISBN-13: 978-0002316194
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.8 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 105,714 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'First rate Christie: fast, complicated, wryly funny' Time 'Superb, vintage Christie' Sunday Express

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A wheelchair-bound Poirot returns to Styles, the venue of his first investigation, where he knows another murder is going to take place...Agatha Troy, world famous portrait painter, is inveigled into accepting a commission to paint the 70-year-old Sir Henry Ancred, Bart., the Grand Old Man of the stage. But just as she has completed her portrait, the old actor dies. The dramatic circumstances of his death are such that Scotland Yard is called in -- in the person of Troy's long-absent husband, Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn!

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Poirot's swan song., 3 Feb 2001
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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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Agatha Christie does Conan Doyle., 8 Feb 2000
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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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2.0 out of 5 stars Agatha Christie's style makes the book readable, 21 Sep 1999
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Curtains, is not her best book yet it may have been much better.

The story rambles on for about 150 pages and then it becomes slightly more interesting. I must say that the last few chapters are Christie at her best.

I would read it, but only if you have read "mystery at styles" and you are a Christie fan

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I have read this book,The ABC Murders,The Murder of Roger Ackroyd(which to me is the best Christie book!),and I am currently reading Dumb Witness,all by Agatha Christie. Read more
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