Murder in Three Acts
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Murder in Three Acts

by Agatha Christie

1934•Mystery•233 pages

Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimeintricatelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunlikely connectionscomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeContained and intricate: a mystery that is balanced on everything else. 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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3.6 / 5

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About This Book

Sir Charles Cartwright should have known better than to allow thirteen guests to sit down for dinner. For at the end of the evening one of them is dead—choked by a cocktail that contained no trace of poison.

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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 seemsUnlikely connectionsComplex relationship

Subjects

Murder in fictionMurderPrivate investigatorsPrivate investigators in fictionDetective and mystery storiesMystery and detective storiesInvestigationMystery

Details

Author
Agatha Christie
Published
1934
Pages
233
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