A review by thegracexu
Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie

4.0

Christie has done it again with an ingenious murder mystery. The imagery is well-conceived as everything comes in 4s - 4 detectives, 4 suspects, 4 past murder, and 1 dead man. I thoroughly enjoyed the unique lack of physical clues and focus on behavioural psychology and motive during the story - it was a pragmatic choice to flesh out character development. Christie's writing style was subtle, and light; it never intruded on the plot (the most important of any mystery), but still retained a personally humorous touch. I could not count how many plot twists she was able to incorporate into the last quarter of the book. Christie fooled me many times over into thinking I finally knew whodunnit, before immediately pulling the rug from under me. As always, Christie's mysteries never disappoint but I would argue this one is one of her best simply for its ending.