Poirot Investigates
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Poirot Investigates

by Agatha Christie

1924•Mystery•192 pages

Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimerealisticintricatelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunlikely connectionsfool triumphant

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Boxlist takeA small-scale mystery, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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4.3 / 5

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About This Book

in published order, the first 10 Christie mystery books featuring Poirot are: 1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles, 2) The Murder on the Links, 3) Poirot Investigates, 4) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, 5) The Big Four, 6) The Mystery of the Blue Train, 7) Black Coffee: A Mystery Play in Three Acts [Charles Osborne novelized the play in 1998 under the title, Black Coffee], 8) Peril at End House, 9) Lord Edgware Dies, and...

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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 connectionsFool triumphant

Subjects

Private investigatorsBelgiansEnglish Detective and mystery storiesDetective and mystery storiesEnglish Short storiesHistorical FictionMysteryRomance

Details

Author
Agatha Christie
Published
1924
Pages
192
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