After several hundred recommendations from my wife, I found this book lying on my night stand and suddenly found myself in the mood of diving back into a good Poirot story. I went into it expecting exactly what I would from a good Agatha Christie story. Some murder, a shady cast of characters, a couple of interesting twists and of course the master of ceremonies himself, Hercule Poirot.
The story takes place in the later stage of Poirot's life when he finds himself retired in a small english town and he's a new comer to the neighborhood of lots of curious cats. There is most certainly a murder a fairly large cast of characters, an interesting twist in the murder and detailed backgrounds for each. Since his holmsian partner, Hastings, has long moved on the narration is carried on by a similar personality from the new town. The book is a quick read with a lot of expected interviews and personality conflicts but what blew me away was the ending. No matter how much i tried to analyze this one, I couldn't guess the end. Yes this is one of those stories that will make you want to go back and read it all over again for it to make sense.
I found this book to be a quick and easy read with a really satisfying ending and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good classic murder mystery, because Poirot does not disappoint.
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