Acquire Today Cards On The Table (Hercule Poirot, #15) Authored By Agatha Christie Issued As Ebook
other Christie stories, at the beginning of Cards on the Table, we only have four suspects, I believe this is one of Christie's best works and even of the genre, since analyzing motives and studying personalities is one of the best things about detective fiction, and the book is packed with that.
Christie tells us in the introduction that this case is Poirot's favorite, and of course that's no surprise,
However, the book is embedded with a huge amount of details which can be a bit overwhelming for some readers.
But, I believe this is inevitable since the novel is purely psychological, At the end, you will realize that one of the four suspects only could have committed the crime the way it was committed.
His or Her character can be seen in every detail of the crime, Definitely a Goodreads!
“Least likely person! It seems to work out in real life just the same as in books.
. . ”
Mrs. Oliver
Cards on the Table
The fact that this is a quote in the book absolutely delights me.
That its played with multiple times after the quote makes it even better,
Mr. Shaitana is throwing a party, There will be drinks, bridge and a bit of murder, You see, Shaitana is a collector and one of things hes collected is murderers, Not just any murderers, but the ones who have gotten away with it the ones you cant quite prove are murderers.
Upon a chance meeting with Hercule Poirot, he comes with a funny to him at least idea, He will invite some guests over, eight people in total and four of them murders, The other four Hercule Poirot of course, Superintendent Battle if Scotland Yard, Colonel Race of the Secret Service and Mrs.
Oliver a writer of mystery novels, Four murderers and four sleuths, Its a great little joke on his part, until one of them realizes this little game and murders him, With little in terms of clues, the only way to solve this crime, is to solve the crimes of the past and find out which, if any of the guests, really did commit them.
This is honestly one of Christies cleverer Poirot novels in my opinion, Its a little slower moving then some of them, with much of the book being built up piece by piece much like a house of cards, as we slowly piece together the past in order to understand the present.
In her very tongue in cheek forward to the book, Christie says that this is one of Poirots favorite of his own cases, but that his friend Captain Hastings found it a rather dull affair.
With this little joke, she actually sets the tone quite well, This is a quiet murder mystery with very little flash about it, but a great deal of analyzing the psychology of our potential murderers.
Theres also a good deal of humor in this one, much of it supplied by Mrs, Oliver. This is her first appearance in the series, and it will not be her last, She is a frequently returning character to the Poirot novels and at least one book outside of the series and in a rather interesting development, I actually liked her in this one.
Mrs. Oliver is the antiCaptain Hastings, in that Hastings was extremely annoying in his first couple of books, but as Christie evolved as a writer, he got more tolerable.
In this case Mrs. Oliver started off a rather amusing foil to Poirot, but later would become such an annoyance that I frequently hoped the cases would involve solving her murder.
Here though she plays an almost meta character, with whom Christie voices her own frustrations with writing mysteries.
She claims not to care about the “facts” involving real investigations, but gets caught up in the details so much that she writes herself into corners and then has to do research to found out which type of beans would be in season so as not to be inconsistent with her books.
She has gained popularity writing a foreign detective who is Finnish rather than Christies Belgian sleuth and she cant stand him but continues writing his books because hes popular.
Given Christies wellknown dislike of Poirot this comes off as absolutely hilarious,
All around, this one just works for me, The case is clever, the characters are entertaining, and this time around the side bits of comedy actually come off as humorous rather than groan worthy.
While it doesnt stand as one of the greatest of Christies books, it is certainly right below them and well worth a read to any mystery fan.
A solid/stars.
Mr Shaitana is murdered when four people are playing bridge in the same room, One of them is the murderer but who Hercule Poirot is there to solve this murder with the help of his little grey cells!
This book is not my favorite Christie book.
I didn't enjoy this book as much as her other books but still this was a solid book, The ending definitely made reading the book worthwhile as with all of her endings, I didn't see that plot twists coming! Also there was no Dr Hastings which made the book a little less delightful for me.
Even so, I'd obviously recommend this book! It's Agatha Christie after all, Even her less favorite books are pretty great books! : I credit Agatha Christie with spawning my early love of the dark, hidden psychology that lurks in all of us.
I started reading her at the age of nine explains a lot, doesn't it, I have, therefore, a soft spot in my heart for her, This particular time in my life called for a comfort read something akin to macaroni and cheese or a plate of brownies and marks the first time in decades that I've revisited this particular work.
It's funny to observe Agatha Christie now, as a critical reader, The first thing I noticed was,of this book is dialogue, She also uses the adjective "Mephistophelian" abouttimes approximatelytimes too many, There's almost no description of setting or mood, and her characters are more types than fully fledged beings,
BUT. The plot is marvellous, ridiculous, and audacious, all at the same time, In short: Mr. Shaitana, a "Mephistophelian" man, in addition to being Mephistophelian, is a collector, He collects snuff boxes, various curios, . . and murderers. The very best murderers, to be sure, which means, murderers who haven't been caught, Yet. After meeting the great moustachioed detective Hercules Poirot, Shaitana decides to host a party to show off his evil little collection.
Well, you can imagine how THAT party goes,
Even though the constant dialogue is a bit suffocating, the vocabulary somewhat lacking, and character development fairly limited, I have to say, Dame Christie knows her way around a mystery like none other.
She keeps you guessing, right to the end, Thoroughly enjoyable. As enjoyable as a plate of brownies, minus the calories and inevitable selfloathing that comes with it,
Now on to a reread of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, MayAppointment with Agatha
I must admit the mystery plot of this book wasn't one of my favourites, but what fun to have M.
Poirot, Colonel Race, and Superintendent Battle all in the same book, Both Battle and Poirot twinkling all over the place! Plus the delightful addition of Ariadne Oliver, Ms, Christie's alterego. Mrs. Oliver has her Finnish detective who she wishes she had never invented, as Christie reputedly felt about Poirot, But both of them soldier on, producing more books about these men,
When Rhoda Dawes goes to visit Mrs, Oliver, she is treated to that author's perspective on writing, that everyone thinks it's ever so easy, but there's a lot of planning involved and frequently plot problems that require a lot of work to iron out.
I finally realized that I had previously met Ariadne in a much later novel, sitelinkHallowe'en Party, It took me a while to make the connection,
If I was to subtract points, it would be for the focus on bridge, a game with which I am completely unfamiliar and I'll happily stay unenlightened.
Those details are rather like Dorothy Sayers' railway schedules in sitelinkThe Five Red Herrings or the code breaking in sitelinkHave His Carcase.
I try to let all these clever details just flow around me without
requiring serious thought!
Cards On The Table Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie
Meeting by chance at an art exhibition, the flamboyant collector Mr Shaitana tells Hercule Poirot of his personal crimerelated collection, and invites him to a dinner party to see it.
Scoffing at the idea of collecting mere artefacts, Shaitana explains that he collects only the best exhibits: criminals who have evaded justice.
Poirot's fellow guests include three other crime professionals: secret service man Colonel Race, mystery writer Mrs Ariadne Oliver, and Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard along with four people Shaitana believes to be murderers: Dr Roberts, Mrs Lorrimer, Anne Meredith, and Major Despard.
Shaitana taunts his suspects with comments that each understands as applying only to them,
The guests retire to play bridge, the crime professionals playing in one room while the others play in a second room where Shaitana relaxes by the fire.
As the party breaks up, Shaitana is found to be dead stabbed in the chest with a stiletto from his own collection.
None of the suspects can be ruled out, as all had left their places at the table during the evening.
Leading the police investigation, Superintendent Battle agrees to put his "cards on the table" and to allow the other professionals to make their own enquiries.
Poirot concentrates on the psychology of the murderer,
The investigators look into the suspects' histories: the husband of one of Dr Roberts' patients died of anthrax shortly after accusing the doctor of improper conduct and a botanist that Despard had been guiding through the Amazon was rumored to have been shot.
Anne's housemate Rhoda Dawes tells Mrs Oliver in confidence about an incident that Anne has been concealing, when an elderly woman for whom Anne was acting as companion died after mistaking poison for syrup of figs.
Mrs Lorrimer's husband had died twenty years earlier, though little is known about that,
عنوانهای چاپ شده در ایران: ورقها روی میز شیطان به قتل میرسد اتفاق بعد از شام نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی تاریخ نخستین خوانش: یکی از روزهای سالمیلادی
عنوان: شیطان به قتل میرسد نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی مترجم: جمشید اسکندانی تهران نشر روایت سالدرص چاپ دیگر: تهران ثالث سالدرص شابکموضوع: داستانهای پلیسی و کارآگاهی از نویسندگان بریتانیا سده یم
عنوان: اتفاق بعد از شام نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی مترجم: محمدحسین عباسپور تمیجانی تهران تمندر سالدرص چاپ دیگر: تهران سبز آرنگ چاپ دوم تا چهارم سالدرص شابکچاپ دیگر: تهران راه کمال سبز آرنگ سالدرص شابکچاپ دیگر: تهران محیا سالشابک
عنوان: ورقها روی میز نویسنده: آگاتا کریستی مترجم: مجتبی عبدالله نژاد تهران هرمس کارآگاه سالدرص شابک
آدم با چشم وجدان خیلی چیزها را به مراتب بهتر از چشم اصلی میبیند پوآرو
شیطانا فردی ثروتمند با حالت و چهره ای اهریمنی که دوستدار گردآوری کلکسیون اشیای ارزشمند است او در دیدارش به پوآرو میگوید: چه جالب بود اگه کلکسیونی از انسانهایی که جنایت کردند را گردآوری میکردم و پوآرو در پاسخش میگوید: اینکار به نظرم جالب نیست شیطانا هشت تن از جمله پوآرو را به خانه اش دعوت میکند سه کاراگاه و رمان نویسی به نام خانم اولیور و چهار تن دیگر که گمان میکند یکی از اینها مرتکب قتل شده است سپس چهار کاراگاه و رمان نویس با هم و چهار تن از افرادی که یکی از آنها مرتکب قتل شده مشغول بازی بریج میشوند و پیش از بازی شیطانا قاتل واقعی را تحریک میکند پس از بازی جسد شیطانا پیدا میشود و پوآرو با یاری جستن از سلولهای خاکستری مغز خویش پرده از راز جالبترین پرونده ی خویش برمیدارد جالب اینکه هیچ چیز که به قاتل مربوط باشد پیدا نمیشود و پوآرو در آغاز از امتیازات بازی بریج استفاده کرده و فکر قاتل را دنبال میکند و سرانجام میفهمد چه کسی به قتل دست زده است
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