MRS. McGINTY'S DEAD
Other titles: BLOOD WILL TELL (in US, Detective Book Club edition, 1952)
UK publication: 1952 (Collins)
US publication: 1952 (Dodd, Mead)
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Genre: Novel
Plot summary and comments:An old woman (Mrs. McGinty) has been killed, evidently for the sake of a little money, in the village of Broadhinny. Poirot, now living alone in London, thinks the crime uninteresting, but he is visited by Superintendent Spence and asked to consider the case. The woman's lodger, James Bentley, has been convicted of the crime, but Spence is unsatisfied and manages to persuade Poirot to investigate. The milieu is solidly workingclass, with characters such as Major and Mrs. Summerhayes, who run the awful boarding house where Poirot stays; Mrs. McGinty's niece, Bessie Burch, who is not sorry; and Bentley himself, a very unsympathetic character. The lady novelist Ariadne Oliver is present once more, now more than ever a parody of Christie herself. Poirot works against time to find the real murderer before Bentley is hanged. A British film, "Murder Most Foul", was based very loosely on this story, with Miss Marple substituted for Poirot; it was released in 1964.
Courtesey of: http://stout.physics.ucla.edu/%7eyoder/mystery/christie.html
::READERS REVIEWS::
"This
book was one of the finest book i've ever read. Hercule is a strong charater
looking to helpo an old friend . The book is well written, so that clues
are presented to you without you really truley noticing. I recommend this
book to everyone especially for reports. It keeps you guessing to the
end who-done-it, which is a pleasent surprise! If you want some good mystery
in your life read this book!! "
"Although
this book is not as well know as other "must reads" by Agatha,
I still consider it one of the finest one. As always, the story is full
of suprises, the plot is complex, and characters are fully developed.
If u are a fan of Agatha, I'm sure u will love it. If u are going to read
Agatha for the first time though, I suggest u to try "And then there
were none", "Murder of Roger Akroyd", and of course "Death
on the Nile" and "Murder on Oriental Express.""
I don't always feel very motivated to get through some of those slow-moving
chapters, but I always do it knowing that I will be rewarded with a great
ending. Christie was great at spinning scenarios designed to shock the
reader when the "who, where and why" was finally revealed in
the end. I was shocked again at the end of this book - not because I didn't
know who the killer was, but actually because I already knew who and how.
I tried to convince myself for awhile that it had to be someone else because
it was just too obvious. Very disappointing. Christie books I would recommend
instead - ABC murders, And Then There Were None and Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
"
"It's
a very good book, although I wouldn't say it's the best I've read. If
you like Agatha you should read it."
::YOUR OPINION::
