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Shortly after Hercule Poirot leaves his dentist's office, the dentist is found shot in an apparent suicide after a dental mistake kills a patient. But Poirot is unconvinced and leaves no stone unturned in an effort to prove murder.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
contains the most complicated plotting I think I have seen in a Christie novel so far. I had a hard time believing Poirot's celebrated description of his methods and conclusions this time around. It was a little too convoluted for me. It's pretty ingenious, but I had a little trouble following it.As much as I love Agatha Christie, I have to say that taking in ten of them nearly back to back may not be a highly recommended method of reading her books. I think I have three left to finish out the Anything Agatha Challenge, then I'll give her a respite. :-)
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I just read this one under its alternate title of The Patriotic Murders. And there was definitely some insane plotting going down!!! lol
I agree-I love Christie, but I can only read so many of her books at once. Although, I can read many more Miss Marples than Poirots...too bad she wrote so many of the latter. :(
I haven't read this AC yet. I think I have it somewhere, but I'll have to dig it out.
I'm so glad you're reading and reviewing all of these. Are these part of an AC challenge somewhere?
Eva ~ Oh, good! I'm glad it wasn't just me being slow on the uptake. :-) I wish she had written more Tommy and Tuppence books. I like them the very best!
Michele ~ Yes. There was an Anything Agatha Challenge this year hosted by Thoughts of Joy. I let it get away from me for the whole year, so I'm trying to pack in all in now. Good thing they go quickly! :-)
Lezlie
I've heard she has a few of these rhyming ones.
Ladytink ~ She does. "Crooked House" also makes use of a rhyme. There are a couple others also, including "And Then There Were None". It's fun to see how she puts it all together.
Lezlie
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