Curtain: Poirot'S Last Case
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (565 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0007191049 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Curtain is Hercule Poirot s final case and is Christie s most astounding suprise ending of all her countless novels! C. M Mills The circle is completed as Hastings and Poirot return to Styles in Essex for their final case. Poirot s first case was located in this evil locale in The Mysterious Affair at Styles published in 1920. While it is the last Poirot case it was not the last Poirot novel written by Christie. Dame Agatha wrote it during the London Blitz of 1940. She made sure Curtain and Sleeping Murder the last case of Miss Marple were placed in a London vault for safekeeping should she run short on ideas for stories. This novel did not see the light of day until it was. "More Hastings, Less Poirot" according to Mr. Ct Kent. Well !? I was miffed to have missed the David Suchet television representation of Poirot's last ever mystery, so I decided that i HAD to read the book - based on the buzz that had been created by the media surrounding the storyline.I shall not spoil the plot and reveal all - that would be so unsportsmanlike (other contributors should take note!) - so I shall just say that as an Agatha Christie fan I was kind of putting off reading this, almost like saving the best for last, but also knowing that it would be 'strange' to go back to other Poirot nove. Lady Bug Lin said Dame Agathayou are the QUEEN of Mystery. I have long been a DAME AGATHA CHRISTIE fan. Indeed I compare other mystery writers against the high standards I know Dame Agatha has earned.Curtain and The Mysterious Affair at Stylestogether in one bookbrings us the beginning of Hercule Poirot's successful stint as the finest detective mind in all of the British Empire with The Mysterious Affair At Styles. to his finale with Curtain.Both stories take place at the same estateStylesHastings, destined to become Poriot's engaging right hand foil throughout many of his adventures arrives at Styles an
She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 fore
`First rate Christie: fast, complicated, wryly funny' Time`Superb, vintage Christie' Sunday Express
True, the ageing detective was crippled with arthritis, but had his deductive instincts finally deserted him?. Read by Hugh Fraser, Captain Hastings in the popular TV series.Beautiful new packaging and cover designs. Lining these editions up in a row shows off the illustrations and spines at their best!The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings; there was his own daughter Judith, an inoffensive ornithologist called Norton, dashing Mr Allerton, brittle Miss Cole, Doctor Franklin and his fragile wife Barbara , Nurse Craven, Colonel Luttrell and his charming wife, Daisy, and the charismatic Boyd-Carrington.So Hastings was shocked to learn from Hercule Poirot's declaration that one of them was a five-times murderer. A CD edition of this popular Christie mystery