![]() Whereas he Poirot has been used as a "cats-paw" by the murderer at least once. It is actually Hastings who makes the blunder but Poirot excuses Hastings by saying he cannot be expected to recognise danger, because he is so accepting of people at face value. In the end Poirot blames himself for at least one of the deaths. But for Hercule Poirot I doubt if the crime would have been brought home to its perpetrator." However that may be, it was his genius that discovered the truth of the affair. He always swears that it was the chance remark of a stranger in the street that put him on the right track. ".from Poirot’s own peculiar private point of view, the case was one of his failures. The story, Christie's 13th novel, and the 7th with Poirot in it, is narrated by Captain Hastings who makes sure he gets our attention by saying It helps me pay greater attention to the plot lines. I made considerable use this time of a note making facility in the Kindle which allows me to keep records of passages and my reactions to them. ![]() It is well-plotted with considerable misdirection and a number of red herrings. I'm sure my reading group will enjoy this one. Of course I have read them all before, but that doesn't seem to prevent me from getting something out of the re-reading and discussion. ![]() ![]() I am planning to read another 10 Agatha Christie novels this year with my U3A Agatha Christie Reading Group. ![]()
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