Five Little Pigs
1942 • 288 pages
Ratings32
Average rating3.5
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Ratings32
Average rating3.5
Sixteen years after Caroline Crale has been convicted of the murder of her husband, Amyas Crale, her daughter, Carla Lemarchant, approaches Poirot to investigate the case. Poirot embarks optimistically upon an unprecedented challenge, but soon fears that the case may be as cut and dried as it had first appeared.
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43 primary books61 released booksHercule Poirot is a 54-book series with 43 primary works first released in 197 with contributions by Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie, and 6 others.
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When both All About Agatha and Shedunnit rank this Christie so highly, you have to finally read it. It definitely lived up to the praise. It's really tightly done, nothing is wasted. I loved that the crime was so long in the past. Poirot was so good here, doing what he does best. The ending was a bit underwhelming, but that's it.
Peppathon 2021: popular book, backlist, & fast-paced
This was okay and I definitely want to read more from Agatha Christie but I really did get bored at times and felt like it dragged on too long for what the book is. Considering this book is short as it is, that really isn't a positive.
Trigger warnings: racism, death, infidelity, murder, and suicidal thoughts
