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Despite the genuine clues, Agatha Christie deftly leads us along false trails and feeds us many red herrings. There are bodies galore, with several murders in the past as well as the present one – plus a future murder, a future suicide and a future accidental death. There is romance – and deceit. A hired actor is employed by one of the detectives, to great effect. And, astoundingly, the entire plot turns on the game of bridge, and the bids made, alongside the guests’ memories of the room they were in. Poirot’s bases his theory upon the murderer’s recollection of the bridge game. The murderer could remember very little about it, except for the grand slam that they made, yet they could remember a lot about the layout of the room they played in. This was significant, and was in direct contrast to what the other suspects recalled. The solution to the murder is an analytical one – quite brilliant and a complete surprise. As I mentioned before, my family and I tried out firsthand playing the game. We agreed at the end that the game was enjoyable. We reminded ourselves that it was our first time playing it and we realized there were The second type is an ‘Event’ card. Some, such as ‘Look into the Ashes’, allow you to return cards to your hand from the discard pile. Others force everyone to trade certain cards. There are many choices. The ‘Point your Suspicions’ card is particularly fun. Cards on the Table is multi-layered, with at least five separate possible murders to solve. Yet because it is so well structured, it is straightforward to read. As Agatha Christie herself remarked, we have a small set of characters to choose from, and each is completely different in their personality and motives. We readily engage with each, and because they are attached to different sleuths, we follow their cases without difficulty. This is not to say, however that they are easy to solve. Quite the reverse. I'm done! It feels like I am finishing books up so slowly lately - June wasn't a strong reading month.
The four detectives agree to take one each of the other four guests, to investigate as the possible murderer one-to-one. Since each happens to suspect a different guest, the allocation of guests is straightforward. As Ariadne Oliver herself remarks:
The World of Hercule Poirot: A Puzzle
Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
As is often the case characters are racist about Jews, but here “Dagos” are in for their share of abuse.In the right place at the right time, Poirot immediately begins to investigate. What buried secrets and deadly rivalries will he uncover? Features:
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