16 years after Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, her daughter is determined to prove her mother was innocent with the help of detective Hercule Poirot. Because Poirot is investigating a cold case, he must rely entirely on the testimonies of those who were present at the time of the incident.
I’ve been reading through author Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot novels, and “Five Little Pigs” definitely stands out as one of the best (so far). I found the structure of the novel to be unique — utilizing third-person narration as well as first-person narrated testimony. The ending will certainly leave an impression.
Three words that describe this book: Mysterious, clever, slow
You might want to pick this book up if: If you like eccentric and highly intelligent detectives and murder-mysteries that rely just as heavily on what is said as what isn’t, you might like this book.
-Anonymous
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