The Big Four
Ratings66
Average rating3.2
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Ratings66
Average rating3.2
The Big Four is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in 1927. It features Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings, and Inspector Japp. Agatha Christie’s The Big Four enjoyed commercial success at the time of its publication in 1927, despite lukewarm critical reviews. A tale of international intrigue and espionage, the Big Four refers to four superscoundrels who scheme to dominate the world. Christie presents several smaller mysteries within a larger one. Renowned private detective Hercule Poirot, pulled into a world of intrigue and espionage, sets out to break up an international group of four criminal masterminds. In this follow-up to The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Christie has crafted an action-packed plot filled with colorful characters whose aim is world domination. The offbeat novel takes readers on a fast-paced thrill ride from England and France to Belgium and Italy. Only the brilliant detective Hercule Poirot stands between them and world domination.
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A change in style from previous Poirot adventures, but not a good one in my eyes. This book feels very disjointed, which is not a surprise when you discover that it was originally twelve distinct short stories that were later cobbled together to form one novel. The grander scale is an interesting change of pace, and Poirot's fallibility is appreciated, but that is not enough to warrant a high rating for a novel that even Christie herself thought was poor.
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47 primary books77 released booksHercule Poirot is a 71-book series with 47 primary works first released in -2100 with contributions by Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie, and 9 others.
