After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot Mysteries

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Agatha Christie: After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot Mysteries (Hardcover, 2000, Tandem Library)

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English language

Published March 11, 2000 by Tandem Library.

ISBN:
978-1-4176-1753-1
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4 stars (3 reviews)

When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say: 'It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't itBut he was murdered, wasn't he?' In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.

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4 stars

I didn't think this would be very good, its dour themes of Christie's generation passing on and postwar scarcity (dairy, eggs) aren't sparkling and fun. Older people gripe about the government, the Golden Age conceit of murders in the manors is supplanted by killings in the cottages as the manors are sold off as too expensive for inheritors to live in and maintain. Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is a featured character, his role largely manifests in the last half of the book and he does solve the case. Going without dairy and eggs due to postwar austerity would make people understandably cranky, even Agatha Christie. I wonder if any passages were written in a brief moment of joy.

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Mystery & Detective - Series
  • Mystery & Detective - Traditional British
  • Fiction - Mystery/ Detective
  • Mystery/Suspense