Agatha Christie
Paperback | Pages: 272 pages Rating: 3.59 | 31700 Users | 2257 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Big Four |
| ISBN: | 0007120818 (ISBN13: 9780007120819) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hercule Poirot Mysteries #5 |
| Characters: | Arthur Hastings, Hercule Poirot |
| Setting: | England |
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They are a vicious international quartet of criminals known as "The Big Four". Number One was a brilliant Chinese, the greatest criminal brain of all time; Number Two was a USAmerican multi-millionaire; Number Three was a beautiful Frenchwoman scientist; and Number Four was "the destroyer," the ruthless murderer with a genius for disguise, whose business it was to remove those who interfered with his masters plans. These four, working together, is a partnership with one simple goal, establish world dominance with murders. Belgian detective Hercule Poirot was preparing for a voyage to South America when an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in mud, stood at his doorway, collapsed, then recovered long enough to scribble the number four on a piece of paper. Now, "The Big Four" pursues eliminate the only man who can foil them: Hercule Poirot. It's up to Poirot and his faithful assistant Hastings to follow the clues and stop the deadly cabal from achieving its devastating end. But do they really avoid the Grim Reaper? In the most dangerous case of his career, the little detective will not be diverted by poison, a falling tree, electrocution, or a hit-and-run. Poirot appears to meet his end when a bomb explodes in his apartment. Hastings, devastated, vows to avenge him--but can he succeed without Poirot?Point Appertaining To Books The Big Four (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #5)
| Title | : | The Big Four (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #5) |
| Author | : | Agatha Christie |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Agatha Christie Signature Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 272 pages |
| Published | : | 2002 by HarperCollinsPublishers (first published January 27th 1927) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Classics. Detective |
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Ratings: 3.59 From 31700 Users | 2257 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books The Big Four (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #5)
Agatha! Aggie! What the hell???I love me some Agatha but girlfriend hit the hooch when she cobbled these short stories together and tried to pretend they were a book.See you in the next one, Hercule!What the hell did I just read?See that rating? That's a one star rating. Had you asked me a week ago I would have said that Christie did not write one star books. Sure some are of much lesser quality, but one star seems rather much. Had this book been written by some other author with some other character it would have possibly been entertainingly bad enough to receive two stars. Here it is an insult to the characters and a bit of a train wreck.This is bad... like so bad that if feels like it
Yes! I thought the exact same thing when I read this book! Im so glad others felt the same way Id appreciate your explanation of how the book was
This feels like Agatha Christie's ode to Sherlock Holmes. The story is told through the 'Watson' character, a friend of Poirot and we see how amazed and blundering he is compared to Poirot. The villain in this story is a crime syndicate called the Big 4 and they are supposed to be super villains. Each of the 4 come from different countries.Poriot must bring down this hidden cabal that governments don't believe exists. The story is solid, it simply doesn't feel original. I do enjoy reading about
This novel was published in 1927. It follows, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and it also followed Christies notorious eleven day disappearance; an event which haunted her all her life. Devastated by the death of her mother, and the breakdown of her marriage, her brother in law suggested that she re-work some short stories, previously published in The Sketch, an American magazine. Due to the publicity surrounding her disappearance, The Big Four, was a huge success much more so than, The Murder of
I hesitate to use the word "awful" in association with the Queen of Crime, but this is a bad egg. Penned (some say ghost-written) during Dame Agatha's worst year: In 1926, her mother died and her husband told her he was in love with another woman and wanted a divorce. No wonder she was off her game, poor dear.Originally published in serial format, this cluster of overblown spy adventures should never have featured portly, inactive Poirot & clueless Hastings as the heroes. They just don't
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