Mrs. McGinty's Dead

by Agatha Christie

An old widow is brutally killed in the parlour of her cottage…

Mrs McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion fell immediately on her shifty lodger, James Bentley, whose clothes revealed traces of the victim’s blood and hair. Yet something was amiss: Bentley just didn’t look like a murderer.

Poirot believed he could save the man from the gallows – what he didn’t realise was that his own life was now in great danger…

Genres: Mystery, Agatha Christie, Crime

Unknown Binding

About the author

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)

Reviews

[Tanja · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmmm, this one is a bit hard to review. It took me in at the beginning but at the end, I did care less about the solution and the relationships between the characters. What I enjoyed was a glimpse on Poirot's inner self, his frustrations and most of all -- his attitude🤣He had way more personality here, not just this half god as always. But it was worth my time, even though it took me longer to finish it

[Jina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This reading wasn’t as good as the first one i listened too. It was still fun and I did enjoy it.

[ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was another hit. i had fun reading it

[Steven Freeman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed revisiting this Poirot story of sins that have a long life and then resurface in unexpected ways. Many twists and turns and Poirot and Inspector Spence uncover the truth.