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| Original Title: | Cards on the Table |
| ISBN: | 0425205959 (ISBN13: 9780425205952) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hercule Poirot Mysteries #15, Superintendent Battle #3, Ariadne Oliver #2, Colonel Race #2 , more |
| Characters: | Ariadne Oliver, Superintendent Battle, Colonel Race, Hercule Poirot, Mr. Shaitana, Mrs. Lorrimer, Dr. Roberts, Anne Meredith, Major Despard, Rhoda Dawes, Mrs. Luxmore, Miss Burgess, Elsie Batt, Sergeant O'Connor |
| Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) |
Agatha Christie
Paperback | Pages: 324 pages Rating: 3.93 | 32686 Users | 1762 Reviews
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| Title | : | Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #15) |
| Author | : | Agatha Christie |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 324 pages |
| Published | : | July 5th 2005 by Berkley (first published November 2nd 1936) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Classics. Detective |
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It was the match-up of the century: four sleuths--Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard; Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, famed writer of detective stories; Col. Race of His Majesty's Secret Service; and the incomparable Hercule Poirot - invited to play bridge with four specially invited guests, each of whom had gotten away with murder! But before the first rubber was completed, the host was dead.Rating About Books Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #15)
Ratings: 3.93 From 32686 Users | 1762 ReviewsCritique About Books Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #15)
Im so torn on this book. On the one hand, how often can you say that you have four yes, four! of Dame Agatha Christies sleuths in one book? On the other hand, the task they take on turns out to be a bit thin at least at first.A cruel globetrotter and art collector named Mr. Shaitana gathers eight people for a party. In hindsight, it turns out that he has invited four sleuths no less than Hercule Poirot, ditzy mystery writer Ariadne Oliver; Scotland Yards finest, Inspector Battle, andAgatha Christie never fails me ❤
So much fun as Christie lines up four of her detectives (Poirot, Superintendent Battle, Colonel Race, Ariadne Oliver - if only Miss Marple had been there, too!) against four murderers who have killed before. With a limited list of suspects, no clues, and a clear motive, this almost takes detective fiction to a meta level, especially as Mrs Oliver is herself a writer of crime novels. Can Poirot's analysis of the bridge score cards lead him to the solution? (You bet!)
I hadn't read any Christie in years, though I've kept my ancient paperback copies of her books through many household moves. Picking up Cards on the Table as part of a group read reminded me why I haven't let them go.In a word, reading this was fun , pure and simple. Christie isn't brilliant at any one aspect of writing, but she's decent at all of them. And I love the pace. The plot moves along briskly without feeling rushed, and the various misdirections at the end are deliciously
Mr. Shaitana collects murderers who have committed the act and gotten away with it. So as a challenge to Poirot, he puts four of them around a table to play bridge: on another table are seated Poirot, Mrs. Oliver the mystery writer, Colonel Race and Superintendent Battle. However, the cat-and-mouse game goes very badly for Shaitana as he gets murdered during the evening.I don't know bridge (it is somewhat similar to 56, which we used to play in college), but I know the basics - the key factor
Luffy wrote: "Piyangie wrote: "It has the most complex plot of all the Poirot books I've read so far...."Personally I rate the first Poirot the most
It is not a proper review. I admit that I forgot the story. So far, this is the only Agatha Christie's story that I could guessed the villain correctly, based on the Bridge plays. (It's hardly a spoiler clue, Poirot always asking the Bridge plays that happened at the murder scene in the story. A little experience in playing Bridge would help).Too bad I borrowed this book from my college friend, and until now I have no chance to re-read it again. I forget who done it. it should be fun
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