New York Times Book Review
Agatha Christie is the champion deceiver of our time.
Times Literary Supplement
Clever...engaging.
From the Publisher
“Agatha Christie needed to create an exceptional detective to outthink every reader and Hercule Poirot is the result.” — Peter Lovesey, Anthony award-winning author of Stagestruck
“A thundering success….A triumph for Hercule Poirot.” — Daily Mirror (London)
Daily Mirror (London)
A thundering success….A triumph for Hercule Poirot.
Peter Lovesey
Agatha Christie needed to create an exceptional detective to outthink every reader and Hercule Poirot is the result.
DEC 06/JAN 07 - AudioFile
When a girl is drowned after telling mystery writer Ariadne Oliver that she witnessed a murder, Hercule Poirot finds himself looking into several unresolved deaths in an English town. John Moffatt exaggerates Poirot's Belgian accent, but his speech is always clear, with the inflections used to good effect in making observations about human nature and showing the way Poirot uses flattery and manipulation to gain the confidence of witnesses. It's the observations about people that make this Agatha Christie novel work as the author brings her cozy mystery style into the less-than-cozy 1960s, giving Poirot and Oliver the chance to react to changing times. J.A.S. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
