Hercule Poirot Mysteries: Third Girl (Hardcover)

from RubyScarlett

Not one of her best for sure, it felt so all over the place! I enjoyed, in a masochistic kind of way I suppose, the constant reminder that the profession of detective is falling into oblivion by the time she writes this (the late 60s) and that probably means that Poirot is going to have to let go...

from mrtall

This very late Poirot novel isn't Christie's best. Poirot is visited by a discombombulated-looking girl who blurts out her belief that she's committed a murder, but then runs off. Poirot teams with Ariadne Oliver to track down both the girl, and the truth. The plot here wanders, and although Thir...

from BookAngel_a

I have mixed feelings about this book. The plot was pretty complex and hard to figure out, and I was surprised by the ending, all of which I love. I enjoy most Christie novels because they are "cozy" mysteries. However, this one was not so cozy. Usually the people in her books act very differentl...

from nohablo

Not airtight, but still a nice zippy sleight-of-hand trick. Made all the better by Poirot's pearl-clutching at The Youngs and (rare) display of overt frustration. SHOW US MORE FLESH, MORE BLOOD, POIROT-BOT.

from Auntie-Nanuuq

I really did like it, up until the next to last chapter when M. Poirot was sitting in his chair "thinking"... That was boring as Christie liked to confuse her readers w/ Red Herrings.A young woman, Norma, is sharing a flat with two others, she is commonly known as "the third girl"... Her father h...