Third Girl by Agatha Christie

Third Girl by Agatha Christie ISBN-13: 9780007121106 Mass Market Paperback: 365 pages Publisher: HarperCollins Released: 1966, 2002

Source: Borrowed from my local library.

Book Description from Amazon.com:
When the Third Girl sharing a London flat with two others announces to Hercule Poirot that she’s a murderer and then disappears, the masterful investigator must figure out whether the missing girl is a criminal, a victim, or merely insane.


My Review:
Third Girl is a historical mystery set in 1966 in England (though it was a contemporary mystery when it was written). It's a clue-based puzzle mystery, and there were plenty of clues. It was mainly a matter of figuring out how the author was going to put them all together as it could have gone several ways. I accurately guessed several elements of whodunit and why, but I had a few things slightly off as well.

It felt like less happened in this book than happens in most of Christie's books. Also, some elements of the story weren't fully explained or clearly resolved (though the main whodunit was fully explained). So the puzzle was fun, but the story wasn't as strong as many of Christie's other novels.

There was no bad language. There were no sex scenes. Overall, I'd recommend this book to Christie fans and fans of puzzle mysteries.


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