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Not a Christie I remember reading previously, which is good. [return][return]Poirot takes a back seat for the first half of the story, as the different new characters and their relationships are set up.[return][return]Then Poirot - living in his cottage in the country - is invited to lunch at the "big house" nearby, and when he arrives, finds John Christow dying beside the pool, his slow and dimwitted wife standing over him with a gun. Did she kill him? "Sometimes," she said meditatively, "things arrange themselves quite simply. I've asked dthe Crime man to lunch on Sunday. It will make a distraction, don't you think so?" "Crime man?" "Like an egg," said Lady Angkatell. Christie, Agatha. The Hollow: Hercule Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot series Book 25) (p. 7). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. Hercule Poirot is invited to lunch but is disappointed to find his hosts so crass as to stage a murder as the entertainment. Only his hosts are as surprised as he to find the charming Doctor John Cristow dead with his newly widowed wife, Gerda Christow holding the gun. This was fantastic. A seemingly simple crime turns complex as Poirot pits his wits against his most fiendishly good villain yet I was amused by the butler, Gudgeon and his efforts to look after his mistress, Lady Angkatell to the best of his abilities. The victim, Doctor John Christow was a different story. Honestly the guy was a jerk. He deserved everything he got. And Henrietta. I liked that she was kind to Gerda although it definitely doesn't excuse her for sleeping with her husband ffs. But I didn't get why she liked John either. He treated her, in his own way, just as badly. Wanting to own her and possess her when he has a freaking wife and children is just as terrible. I liked that Henrietta wasn't as wrapped up in him and recognised the situation for what it was but I also would've liked her to just get rid of him. A fantastic Hercule Poirot. 4.5 stars, rounded to 5 stars. Poirot is invited to his neighbor's country cottage. When he arrives, he sees Dr. John Christow surrounded by others. John mutters one word, then dies. One of the group tosses a gun into the pool. Poirot thinks it looks too staged. As he examines the scene, many questions arise, as well as discrepancies. Dr. Christow was a cheater, but was his jilted lover the murderer? I had seen the Poirot movie on PBS, and I was curious to read the original book. Reading Agatha Christie always brings pleasure. The Hollow follows Christie’s formula for a fun mystery with the range of suspects and Hercule Poirot utilizing his gray cells. The end result provided much discussion concerning all the red herrings. This story follows the murder of Dr. John Christow. His wife, Gerda, stands in front of the dead John, holding a gun. Hercule Poirot had been walking to the neighbor’s house and heard the shot and arrived minutes after the incident. But all does not fall exactly as the scene appears. Poirot remarks many times that the murder seems staged. The gun that Gerda holds turns out to not be the weapon that killed John. As usual, Christie introduces many other suspects in the quest of finding John’s killer. I thought many times that maybe John’s office manager might be guilty, but Beryl disappears from the storyline. Next, we have an old love, Veronica, and a new love, Henrietta, that might have motives. And what a dipsy character Lady Lucy Angkatell. She skips in and out of the activities like a fairy. A lovely cast of murderers. I didn't really like most of the characters in this book, and the personal relationships were a bit dark in various ways. But of course the misdirection and plotting were excellent. In fact, I was just positive that Agatha was clumsily sign-posting that a certain person was the culprit, and I was prepared to be disappointed by how easy it was to figure it out. I should have known better. :) no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesHercule Poirot (24) Belongs to Publisher SeriesAccolade (3) Club des Masques (374) Delfinserien (672) — 8 more Fischer Taschenbuch (50749) Le Masque (361) SaPo (42) Scherz Krimi (425 / 1907) Selecciones de Biblioteca Oro (libro 138) Is contained inMurder for Christmas and Three Other Great Mysteries: The Hollow, Murder in Retrospect, Thirteen At Dinner by Agatha Christie Agatha Christie Crime Collection: The Hollow / The Moving Finger / Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie Has the adaptation
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HTML: Agatha Christie's classic, The Hollow, finds Poirot entangled in a nasty web of family secrets when he comes across a fresh murder at an English country manor. A far-from-warm welcome greets Hercule Poirot as he arrives for lunch at Lucy Angkatell's country house. A man lies dying by the swimming pool, his blood dripping into the water. His wife stands over him, holding a revolver. As Poirot investigates, he begins to realize that beneath the respectable surface lies a tangle of family secrets and everyone becomes a suspect. .No library descriptions found.
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