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Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
5.0
Re-read - loved it just as much. Was still surprised by the ending!
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This was such a fun and tricky mystery. I love how Shaitana put together this dinner party of 4 detectives and 4 suspected murderers. Then he baited the murderers by a conversation where each of the characters were talking about how they would kill someone. Too bad he didn't realize he would be killed by one that very night. It was great to read how each of AC's detectives have varying investigative styles.
Spoiler It's amazing that Poirot just looked at the bridge scores to understand the suspects (of course he IS my favorite so I'm biased). I don't know much about bridge at all, but I love that approach. Of course all the detectives brought the clues together, but Poirot broke the case! AC threw in a lot of red-herrings and it almost seemed to focus on all the suspects except Dr. Roberts (Shaitana's murderer). I was really convinced it was Anne or even her housemate Rhonda somehow. The story was more enjoyable because the detectives were not only investigating the recent murder, but also murders in each person's past. I hope there are other books where these detectives come together again.