Murder on the Links

Hercule Poirot #2 - Agatha Christie

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Agatha Christie, Yavar Ismayilov: Murder on the Links (2021, Independently Published)

English language

Published Nov. 13, 2021 by Independently Published.

ISBN:
979-8-5349-1976-9
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4 stars (1 review)

Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is summoned to France after receiving a distressing letter with a urgent cry for help. Upon his arrival in Merlinville-sur-Mer, the investigator finds the man who penned the letter, the South American millionaire Monsieur Renauld, stabbed to death and his body flung into a freshly dug open grave on the golf course adjoining the property. Meanwhile the millionaire's wife is found bound and gagged in her room. Apparently, it seems that Renauld and his wife were victims of a failed break-in, resulting in Renauld's kidnapping and death.

There's no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son, who would have killed for independence; and his mistress, who refused to be ignored - and each felt deserving of the dead man's fortune. The police think they've found the cumprit. But Poirot has his doubts. Why is the dead man wearing an …

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4 stars

Poirot receives a message of a possible client that fears for his life. Poirot takes it very seriously and goes to France after him. Unfortunately, he arrives too late as Mr. Renauld is found dead the same day. Mrs. Renauld version of the crime is very similar to an old case, which makes Poirot very suspicious.

I am reading some Sherlock Holmes' stories at the same time, and Dr. Watson is a much better sidekick than Hastings! Hastings is all heart and no brains, sometimes he irritates me. I was very happy with the mystery and the number of possible suspects, as well as with the conceited Monsieur Giraud. I also enjoyed the strong female characters, so I believe Hastings was the only thing I did not like about this book.