Author: Agatha Christie Year: 1946 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Classic, Detective
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ISBNs: 9780007121021 9780062073853 0007121024 0062073850 |
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Lady Angkatell, intrigued by the criminal mind, has invited Hercule Poirot to her estate for a weekend house party. The Belgian detective's arrival at the Hollow is met with an elaborate tableau staged for his amusement: a doctor lies in a puddle of red paint, his timid wife stands over his body with a gun while the other guests look suitably shocked. But this is no charade. The paint is blood and the corpse real! Christie described this novel as the one "I had ruined by the introduction of Poirot." It was first published in 1946 in London. In the USA it was published under the title Murder after Hours. Christie adapted the novel for the stage though with the omission of Hercule Poirot.
This book is part of the "Hercule Poirot" series. Here are some other books from this series:
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 | "Curtain" First published in 1975 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Poirot's Early Cases" First published in 1974 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Hallowe'en Party" First published in 1969 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Third Girl" First published in 1966 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Clocks" First published in 1963 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Dead Man's Folly" First published in 1956 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Hickory Dickory Dock" First published in 1955 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "After the Funeral" First published in 1953 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Taken at the Flood" First published in 1948 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Murder in Retrospect" First published in 1942 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Five Little Pigs" First published in 1942 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Evil Under the Sun" First published in 1941 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Sad Cypress" First published in 1940 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Death on the Nile" First published in 1937 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Dumb Witness" First published in 1937 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Cards on the Table" First published in 1936 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The ABC Murders" First published in 1936 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Death in the Clouds" First published in 1935 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Lord Edgware Dies" First published in 1933 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Peril at End House" First published in 1932 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Big Four" First published in 1927 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Poirot Investigates" First published in 1924 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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