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davidabrams 's review for:
Hickory Dickory Dock
by Agatha Christie
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Murder grows out of a list of stolen items given to Hercule Poirot at the start of this late-career (both for Poirot and Christie) case set in an international student hostel. I like the clues embedded in the list of stolen goods Poirot initially investigates and then how they variously relate to the murder which ensues. While I don't think this is top-shelf Christie (the denouement, for one thing, isn't that satisfying), I did enjoy the way she handled a rather large cast of international characters (some of them, yes, bordering on pastiche) and shifted point of view frequently.