Five Little Pigs
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Five Little Pigs

by Agatha Christie

1942•Mystery•234 pages

Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimerealisticintricateenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadscomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeA smart mystery, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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About This Book

Sixteen years after Caroline Crale has been convicted of the murder of her husband, Amyas Crale, her daughter, Carla Lemarchant, approaches Poirot to investigate the case. Poirot embarks optimistically upon an unprecedented challenge, but soon fears that the case may be as cut and dried as it had first appeared.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

MysteryDetectiveCrimeSolving the riddle/not as it seemsTroubled leadsComplex relationship

Subjects

Private investigatorsDetective and mystery storiesMysteryMurderInvestigationFalse imprisonmentMothers and daughtersEngland

Details

Author
Agatha Christie
Published
1942
Pages
234
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