Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie ISBN-13: 9780007120680 Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: HarperCollins Released: 1969; September 3, 2001

Source: Borrowed from my local library.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
Hercule Poirot aids mystery writer Ariadne Oliver in an investigation into the murder of a young girl who may have witnessed a murder herself. There are few physical clues and many suspects because she was killed at a Hallowe'en party. Finding the murder may be a challenge.


My Review:
Hallowe'en Party is a mystery novel set in 1969 in England with Poirot as the private detective. Most of the clues are from people sitting around talking or thinking about events in the past which tie in to the present. It was clever how the clues were worked in and tied everything together. Yet this was also one of the few Agatha Christie's where I had "whodunit" solved relatively early on and with much of the motive and order of events also worked out. It was fun to fit the pieces of the puzzle together as the clues were revealed, though.

The characters were interesting and varied, but the focus was more on the past than the present so we didn't get to know any of them very well. There was some suspense at the end from physical danger to a character.

There were no sex scenes or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this mystery to those who enjoy solving puzzle-mysteries.


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