In Agatha Christie’s classic, Five Little Pigs, beloved detective Hercule Poirot races to solve a case from out of the past.Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other “little pigs” who could have done it: Philip Blake (the stockbroker), who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist), who stayed at home; Elsa … amateur herbalist), who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcée), who had her roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess), who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister), who cried all the way home.
Sixteen years later, Caroline’s daughter is determined to prove her mother’s innocence, and Poirot just can’t get that nursery rhyme out of his mind.
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Agatha Christie is at it again, this time sending Poirot off on the seemingly impossible task of solving a sixteen-year-old murder.
Christie assembles a wonderful ensemble of potential killers orbiting the victim. And as usual, she paints the victim as an unlikable fellow and throws out a variety of tantalizing clues, thereby pulling the reader …
Five Little Pigs is the 25th book in the Hercule Poirot series by Dame Agatha Christie. My friend Medhat reminded me that Christie’s birthday was this month, so we agreed to read a few of her books together. I’ve probably finished at least 50% of her novels and usually read them out of order (a rarity for me). First up was Five Little Pigs, and it …
How nice when the murder victim completely and totally deserves being murdered. Agatha Christie does a flashback/Rashomon style investigation with Poirot at the helm of the investigation.
The daughter of both the murder victim and convicted murderer wants Poirot to find the truth before she marries. Yep, apparently her mother murdered her father …
When the painter Matisse proposed to his girlfriend he said: ‘I will always love you, madame, but I will always love Art more.’ In this – my favourite of all Agatha Christie’s 67 novels – the painter Amyas Crale shares that view. Ruthless and cruel, his talent is all that matters to Amyas and he has little regard for the women who love him: …
Agatha Christie at her best
Another great Agatha Christie book.