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Ruthiella

Poirot's Early Cases | Agatha Christie

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#ChristmasCrimeChallenge “Short Stories” 🎅🏻💀🎄🔪

I ❤️ Agatha Christie and it‘s no surprise that I very much enjoyed this collection of Poirot short stories, most of which also featured Hastings.

I‘d seen all but two adapted for TV with David Suchet. The exceptions were “The Lemesurier Inheritance” and “The Market Basing Mystery” which were not filmed as part of the ITV production, though part of their plots were worked in to other episodes.

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kwmg40 When I imagine Poirot and Hastings, David Suchet and Hugh Fraser are the ones that come to mind. All other actors seem like imposters to me. 😂 3d

Ruthiella @kwmg40 I am the same! 😂 That series was just so perfectly cast. I do have a soft spot for the star studded Evil under the Sun with Peter Ustinov but Kenneth Branagh? Non merci! 🙂‍↔️ 3d

kwmg40 “Non!” for me too. In any case, I‘ll always see Branagh as Kurt Wallander, so he can‘t also be Poirot. 3d

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BarbaraJean

Five Little Pigs | Agatha Christie

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I really, really liked this—and I also read it at the beginning of July, so my memory is a little sketchy.

Poirot is called in to solve a 16-years-old case, by the daughter of the woman who was convicted of the murder. He examines the accounts of the five people who were present, investigating the contradictions and conflicts between their memories of that day. I went back and forth on who I thought was the murderer… ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) …and was conflicted about who I wanted to be the murderer! A clever mystery, with lots of great Poirot content. This was my 1942 pick for #192025, my June #BookSpin, and fulfilled prompt # 23 for #50x50: a classic mystery. @Librarybelle @TheAromaofBooks 1w

TheAromaofBooks I love the alternate title for this one - “Murder in Retrospect.“ It's been a long time since I read it, but I remember it being so clever. 1w

Librarybelle Oh! I like the alternate title too, @TheAromaofBooks ! 7d

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TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I'm endlessly fascinated (and completely aggravated!) by why the titles sometimes changed between US and UK editions. 7d

Librarybelle @TheAromaofBooks Yes! It‘s so aggravating! 7d

BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks I like that title better! It is frustrating when titles are changed like that. Sometimes I can see the reason for changing titles (i.e. And Then There Were None), but with this one it seems so arbitrary and unnecessary. @Librarybelle 7d

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AllDebooks

The ABC Murders (Poirot) | Agatha Christie

My first ⭐️ for #ChristmasCrimeChallenge

An excellent adaptation from Audible with an all-star cast.
#FamousLeadDetective #HerculePoirot

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Ruthiella Awesome start! This is also one of my favorite Poirot mysteries. 🎅🏻💀🎄🔪 2w

RaeLovesToRead ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2w

BookishMarginalia I need this audiobook in my life. Thanks! 5d

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JuliaTheBookNerd

Cards on the Table: Hercule Poirot Investigates | Agatha Christie

#Table 🃏

#ARichLife 🤎🍂🧦🧸📜☕️

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Love this🧡🧡 2w

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OutsmartYourShelf

Halloween Party | Agatha Christie

so-so

During a Halloween party, one of the children 13-year-old Joyce, declares that she saw a murder committed once. No-one believes her, but later that evening she is found drowned in a tub of apples. Author Ariadne Oliver calls in close friend, Hercule Poirot, to find the killer.

This one is a bit of a dog's dinner. For a start, I can't stand Ariadne Oliver, in fact she makes me think of Hastings quite fondly. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf There was a lot of repetitious talking mainly about poor Joyce - nobody had a good word to say about the unfortunate girl - & I felt it all fell a bit flat at the end. 3⭐

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4324203014
Read 26th - 28th Oct 2025

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#ErasGhostBingo Evermore @CharityAnn 1mo

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#AfterDarkBingo Fantastically Indifferent @puddlejumper
#BodyCountBingo The meddling kids are useless
#192025 [1969] @LibraryBelle 1mo

Librarybelle It‘s a shame it‘s not one of her better ones 1mo

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 1mo

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1mo

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dabbe

The Mystery of the Blue Train (Poirot) | Agatha Christie

so-so

@Librarybelle First published in 1928. BLUE TRAIN offers readers the classic ingredients of a Christie mystery—an exotic setting, a glamorous cast of characters, and a puzzling murder—but it‘s one of her more uneven works, which is why I'm a month late finishing it with the #ChristiesCapers group. The plot takes a while to build momentum. Much of the first third is setup, and the murder itself occurs relatively late. ⬇️

dabbe The investigation that follows can also feel disjointed at times. Christie reportedly wrote THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN during a personally difficult period following her mother‘s death and her own divorce. She later expressed dissatisfaction with the book, though it contains the seeds of themes and techniques she would refine in later novels. Heard of The Orient Express, anyone? 1mo

Librarybelle I‘m glad the techniques were refined by the time she wrote about the Orient Express. 1mo

dabbe @Librarybelle I love that we're reading these in progression; you can really see her playing around with the form, then making it her own and putting her own spin on it. 1mo

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RaeLovesToRead

Death on the Nile: Hercule Poirot Investigates | Agatha Christie

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I wish I hadn't known who did this one because it was ingenious. I'm such a fan of the TV series that I know most of the stories...

Regardless, this was splendidly enjoyable and intricately plotted.

Probably my favourite Poirot. Maybe even my favourite Christie. Up there with Roger Ackroyd and And Then There Were None, with the added bonus that it feels like you're floating down the Nile.

Love love loved it.

ravenlee I was just thinking I should read this, and you‘ve inspired me to bump it up the list. I‘m not a huge Christie reader, but I have liked most of what I‘ve read. Now to see if my library has it. 1mo

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MariaW

Der blaue Express: Ein Fall f�r Poirot | Agatha Christie

As a German English teacher I really like reading Agatha Christie. It definitely expands my vocabulary. 💪💪💪

BookNAround Interesting that Christie used it. It always makes me think of Maria in The Sound of Music when the nuns are singing about her “a flibbertigibbet, a will o‘ the whisp, a clown.” (edited) 2mo

Clare-Dragonfly @BookNAround Same!!! (Many a thing you know you‘d like to tell her, many a thing she ought to understand…) (edited) 2mo

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BookNook

The Murder on the Links: A Hercule Poirot Mystery | Agatha Christie

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#ChristiesCapers, #AgathaChristieClubR3
While good, not one of ACs best. The characters and relationships were intriguing, and the plot twists certainly kept me guessing, but it seemed the ultimate solution had to be a bit forced. Might be just me. I did enjoy the book over-all.

Librarybelle I like that we can see Christie‘s progression as a writer by reading these in order! 2mo

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