FIVE LITTLE PIGS
US title: MURDER IN RETROSPECT
UK publication: 1943 (Collins)
US publication: 1942 (Dodd, Mead)
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Genre: Novel
Plot summary and comments: Poirot is called on to investigate a crime committed some years in the past. A painter, Amyas Crale, not a particularly attractive figure, is murdered; his wife Caroline is found guilty of his murder and dies in prison. Sixteen years later, her daughter asks Poirot to clear her mother's name. The other five principal suspects are still alive, and each writes for Poirot a memoir of those events. The different interpretations of the different characters, and their own changes in the course of sixteen years, are well portrayed and make interesting reading. Christie herself made the story into a play, "Go Back for Murder", which opened briefly in 1960.
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::READERS REVIEWS::
"Good morning! This is Raj here.... It is now 11:45 on this special Saturday morning. You ask, “Why is it Special?” Well, do you love mysteries? Are you into suspenseful fictions or romance? Do you enjoy tense, brainy mysteries that rely on intelligence and tiny little clues? Do you just love reading? If you've answered yes to any of these questions, then Agatha Christie's Five Little Pigs is the perfect novel for you. Agatha Christie is the Queen of Crime. Her novel is deceiving, it is twisted, and it is great. No wonder the novel is known as mystery's number one bestseller. Her novel is filled with emotion and suspense, along with the shocking conclusion. Amyas Crale has been murdered, and his innocent wife is blamed for it. However, she has left a letter for her daughter, swearing that she was innocent. Now, Hercule Poirot, the finest detective, is given the greatest challenge of his life. Sixteen years after the crime, it is up to him to find the victim and put justice to work. Through his investigation he tells a splendid mystery and romance story all in one.
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"Hercule Poirot is given an interesting case: prove the innocence of a convicted murderess. The only problem is, the crime happened sixteen years ago, and the supposed murderess is dead. Poirot takes on the job, but every piece of evidence points to the woman he's been hired to prove innocent.
My eyes were glued to this book. I simply couldn't put it down! It's filled with emotion and suspense, along with a shocking conclusion that could only be done by the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie.
I highly reccomend Five Little Pigs."
Fans of Poirot will certainly not be disappointed, but "Five Little Pigs" is doubly pleasing because Christie's writing is even more gracious and effortless than usual. Enjoy!
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