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A review by edb14
Poirot investiga by Agatha Christie
2.0
A neat little series of mysteries. I enjoy the short story format for mystery novels. It boils down the complicated interactions between timelines, characters, and multiple deaths down to the simplest twist of a puzzle. No time wasted; just solving.
That said, some of these stories ended up being complicated enough that I didn’t have time to fully figure out who everyone was before Christie revealed the mystery, and at least a few of them, such as Million Dollar Bond Robbery, relied on a piece of history that I am not familiar enough with to be comfortable solving the mystery. My favorites were Tragedy at Marsdon Manor for its chilling last line, The Mystery of the Hunter’s Lodge for its neat disappearing act, and The Case of the Missing Will just because of the nice change of pace from murder and theft. I was also totally taken in by The Veiled Lady. Darn you, Agatha Christie, you got me again.
That said, some of these stories ended up being complicated enough that I didn’t have time to fully figure out who everyone was before Christie revealed the mystery, and at least a few of them, such as Million Dollar Bond Robbery, relied on a piece of history that I am not familiar enough with to be comfortable solving the mystery. My favorites were Tragedy at Marsdon Manor for its chilling last line, The Mystery of the Hunter’s Lodge for its neat disappearing act, and The Case of the Missing Will just because of the nice change of pace from murder and theft. I was also totally taken in by The Veiled Lady. Darn you, Agatha Christie, you got me again.