As I said, I spotted the murderer, but only because it was a guess that made sense, rather than spotting the proof. Poirot’s big reveal and explanation consists mostly of “I knew what was going on all the time, aren’t I clever?” without any real explanation, so there aren’t really any clues, per se. On a different note, I’m not convinced this is much of a fair-play mystery. I can’t really say much more without giving the game away, but I found the murderer more and more thunderingly obvious as the book went on. This is a bit of a problem, though, as obviously none of the characters think to themselves “Wow, I’ve got away with murder!”, so either Christie is being exceptionally clever with her writing, or she is careful not to give any insight into the murderer’s mind after the shooting.
Most of the players in the cast have well constructed characterisations, and a number of chapters are virtually written from various characters’ points of view, enabling Christie to flesh out the characters more than usual. Poirot turns up moments after the crime, and obviously, takes the case on.įor a Poirot novel, it is very well characterised. But the gun was not the murder weapon – the real gun has vanished. When John Christow, a man with two ex-(?) girlfriends on the scene, is found shot with his wife standing over him with a gun, it seems an open and shut case. The basic plot, for those who have not read it, involves a family get-together at a house called The Hollow. Anyway, I saw a copy from 1946 in a charity shop recently, and I can’t resist an old mystery book.
I know The Hollow was one of them, but for some reason, I didn’t read it, or at least if I started it, I didn’t get very far with it. My sister had some Agatha Christie books before I started reading them, and those were the first that I read. Some sounds used with permission from: v.gd/berlinatmo tabletopaudio.I don’t really know why I haven’t read The Hollow before.
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