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| Original Title: | The Big Four |
| ISBN: | 0007120818 (ISBN13: 9780007120819) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Hercule Poirot Mysteries #5 |
| Characters: | Arthur Hastings, Hercule Poirot |
| Setting: | England |
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They are a vicious international quartet of criminals known as "The Big Four". Number One was a brilliant Chinese, the greatest criminal brain of all time; Number Two was a USAmerican multi-millionaire; Number Three was a beautiful Frenchwoman scientist; and Number Four was "the destroyer," the ruthless murderer with a genius for disguise, whose business it was to remove those who interfered with his masters plans. These four, working together, is a partnership with one simple goal, establish world dominance with murders. Belgian detective Hercule Poirot was preparing for a voyage to South America when an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in mud, stood at his doorway, collapsed, then recovered long enough to scribble the number four on a piece of paper. Now, "The Big Four" pursues eliminate the only man who can foil them: Hercule Poirot. It's up to Poirot and his faithful assistant Hastings to follow the clues and stop the deadly cabal from achieving its devastating end. But do they really avoid the Grim Reaper? In the most dangerous case of his career, the little detective will not be diverted by poison, a falling tree, electrocution, or a hit-and-run. Poirot appears to meet his end when a bomb explodes in his apartment. Hastings, devastated, vows to avenge him--but can he succeed without Poirot?Identify Epithetical Books The Big Four (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #5)
| Title | : | The Big Four (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #5) |
| Author | : | Agatha Christie |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Agatha Christie Signature Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 272 pages |
| Published | : | 2002 by HarperCollinsPublishers (first published January 27th 1927) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Classics. Detective |
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Bang on the money. Reading all of these for the first time and this one felt bizarre!Christie goes down a James Bond-esque route with a sinister international organisation aiming at world domination and with an all-powerful death ray at their disposal - luckily, though, we have Hastings and Poirot in our corner who, with no more than ze little grey cells, a sprinkling of aniseed on the shoes (so that bloodhounds can track them, you see) and some up-and-at-'em attitude manage to foil every dastardly plot and restore world peace - phew!So... not one of Christie's best though there
The big four (Hercule Poirot #5), 1927, Agatha ChristieThe Big Four is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by William Collins & Sons on 27 January 1927 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. It features Hercule Poirot, Arthur Hastings, and Inspector (later, Chief Inspector) Japp. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and six pence and the US edition at $2.00.تاریخ نخستین خوانش: هجدهم سپتامبر سال 2011 میلادیعنوان: چهار غول
Read the full review at Elgee WritesMy initial thoughtsThe Classics N Christie has been reading Agatha Christies books based on the publication dates. This has been very helpful for me to understand the different writing and story telling styles that the author has been trying. I wish I could The Big Four is one of those attempts, that kinda bombed for me. Earlier in the Murder on the Links, Dame Christie tried her hand at romance in mystery novels which I didnt enjoy much. I enjoyed her take on
I hesitate to use the word "awful" in association with the Queen of Crime, but this is a bad egg. Penned (some say ghost-written) during Dame Agatha's worst year: In 1926, her mother died and her husband told her he was in love with another woman and wanted a divorce. No wonder she was off her game, poor dear.Originally published in serial format, this cluster of overblown spy adventures should never have featured portly, inactive Poirot & clueless Hastings as the heroes. They just don't
This feels like Agatha Christie's ode to Sherlock Holmes. The story is told through the 'Watson' character, a friend of Poirot and we see how amazed and blundering he is compared to Poirot. The villain in this story is a crime syndicate called the Big 4 and they are supposed to be super villains. Each of the 4 come from different countries.Poriot must bring down this hidden cabal that governments don't believe exists. The story is solid, it simply doesn't feel original. I do enjoy reading about
Now apparently (allegedly ?) this book was a "mash-up" of short stories that ended up as a novel, and some people have criticised the book for that very fact. Personally if I hadn't been told this "fact" I wouldn't have guessed, although, it is set out as a series of little mysteries. I quite liked this format as I lived with the progression of the overall storyline, as Hastings and Poirot battled the Big Four through a series of adventures.Strangely I had never read this book before, I don't
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