THREE-ACT TRAGEDY
US title: MURDER IN THREE ACTS
UK publication: 1935 (Collins)
US publication: 1934 (Dodd, Mead)
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Genre: Novel
Plot summary and comments: A Poirot crime novel, divided into three sections called "First Act: Suspicion", "Second Act: Certainty", and "Third Act: Discovery". Sir Charles Cartwright, a famous actor living in retirement on the Cornwall coast, gives a dinner party at which one of the guests dies. He plays a leading role in the following events, as do the "callow but engaging" Miss Hermione Lytton Gore, Cynthia Dacres (owner of a clothing company), and Mr. Satterthwaite, making one of two appearances outside a Harley Quin story. Other guests are Sir Bartholomew Strange (a well-known doctor), Angela Sutcliffe, actress; Cynthia's husband Freddy; Oliver Manders, a handsome young man; Miss Wills, a playwright under a male pseudonym; and of course Poirot.
::READERS REVIEWS::
"This book is the closest a mystery can come to being a math problem. We start with a couple of murders, we organise our little group of detectives, they interrogate ALL the possible suspects, add up what they know, and--with a little help from M. Poirot--the killer is revealed. This is a simple plug-and-chug murder mystery.
Now, I'm not saying I figured it out. I didn't. And I was surprised by the ending and who the killer was revealed to be. But until the last twenty pages or so, I felt like I was reading a manual on how to write a detective story. A little murder, add colorful suspects, just a pinch of romance, some amateur sleuthing, and, of course, the star detective. A little too by-the-book."
"I was not surprised at the end of the book as I had been for the others I've read before. Cause I did GUESS all the method and the murderer off course.and I felt that I have completed a long way in understanding Christie method and the geniously hidden clues among the dialogs and comments of the narrator. actually it's not the first one i have guessed the murderer but was the easiest for me such that I did comprehend the whole picture at the very beggining of the book.(at least for a christie book) in this case the main clue for the facts(i mean that conversation) was a bit more clear in comparison to others(H.P.'s Christmas for example) but ,anyway it is a very interesting book, still I think and a schocking end for the readers who pass the main clue and ones who haven't read much Christie ,off course(not above 20 for example). They will be schocked, if they are not able to guess. Get and enjoy the book! "
"I really enjoyed this Agatha Christie book. It was a real good mysetry that I occupied my time reading. I was very surprised at who the killer was. This book was one huge problem a few die+ a few investagations+ a view of all suspects, lastly you find out who the killer really is. If you enjoy mysteries I recommend this book to you, it's really not a waste of your time!"
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