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The Murder on the Links: With Bonus Short Story
"The Murder on the Links" takes place in northern France, giving Poirot a hostile competitor from the Paris Sûreté. Poirot's long memory for past or similar crimes proves useful in resolving the crimes. Reviews when it was published compared Mrs Christie favourably to Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Remarking on Poirot, still a new character, one reviewer said he was "a pleasant contrast to most of his lurid competitors; and one even suspects a touch of satire in him."
173 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 5, 2019
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Agatha Christie
5,708 books76k followersAgatha 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)
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)
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May 26, 2019
Dame Agatha never disappoints! She is indeed the queen of mystery. Her books are so great and charming that they provide an exceptional satisfaction for anyone who enjoys reading a good mystery. Agatha Christie fans, especially, have found in her books a lifetime of pleasure by reading and re-reading her works.
“Murder on the Links” is no different. It is a great mystery with an elaborate main plot and several subplots that are cleverly set up to fit with the main one and create an interesting crime-mystery story.
Character selection and portrayal is meticulously chosen. Each character is put on the scene in a certain circumstance so that to create cause for suspicion that he or she must have committed the crime of murder. No one escapes that cloud of suspicion. And they are all the typical types you find in most of Christie’s books: the housekeeping staff, the gardener, the widow, the family member who has been just disinherited, the unexpected guest and so on. And then there is the favorite Belgian detective, Mr. Hercules Poirot, and his friend, Hastings, the charming duo, who are called at the crime scene and quickly get busy trying to find “who-done-it” and solve the murder.
I have read and re-read a good number of Agatha Christie’s books and I can say that this is neither her best nor her worst. It is a great mystery that I enjoyed reading very much but I didn’t feel the same excitement as when I read some other stories of hers, like “Death on the Nile”, “And Then Were None”, or “Murder in the Orient Express”.
Nevertheless, I am glad I got the chance to read it. I am sure at some point in the future I will read it again and perhaps enjoy it even more.
Definitely recommended to read.
And now, a couple of quotes I liked:
Now I am old-fashioned. A woman, I consider, should be womanly. I have no patience with the modern neurotic girl who jazzes from morning to night, smokes like a chimney, and uses language which would make a Billingsgate fishwoman blush!”
”Cut it out. I prefer the ‘dignified disapproval’ stunt. Oh, your face! ‘Not one of us,’ it said. And you were right there—though, mind you, it’s pretty hard to tell nowadays. It’s not everyone who can distinguish between a demi and a duchess. There now, I believe I’ve shocked you again! You’ve been dug out of the backwoods, you have. Not that I mind that. We could do with a few more of your sort. I just hate a fellow who gets fresh. It makes me mad!”
How brilliant Agatha Christie was with words!!
“Murder on the Links” is no different. It is a great mystery with an elaborate main plot and several subplots that are cleverly set up to fit with the main one and create an interesting crime-mystery story.
Character selection and portrayal is meticulously chosen. Each character is put on the scene in a certain circumstance so that to create cause for suspicion that he or she must have committed the crime of murder. No one escapes that cloud of suspicion. And they are all the typical types you find in most of Christie’s books: the housekeeping staff, the gardener, the widow, the family member who has been just disinherited, the unexpected guest and so on. And then there is the favorite Belgian detective, Mr. Hercules Poirot, and his friend, Hastings, the charming duo, who are called at the crime scene and quickly get busy trying to find “who-done-it” and solve the murder.
I have read and re-read a good number of Agatha Christie’s books and I can say that this is neither her best nor her worst. It is a great mystery that I enjoyed reading very much but I didn’t feel the same excitement as when I read some other stories of hers, like “Death on the Nile”, “And Then Were None”, or “Murder in the Orient Express”.
Nevertheless, I am glad I got the chance to read it. I am sure at some point in the future I will read it again and perhaps enjoy it even more.
Definitely recommended to read.
And now, a couple of quotes I liked:
Now I am old-fashioned. A woman, I consider, should be womanly. I have no patience with the modern neurotic girl who jazzes from morning to night, smokes like a chimney, and uses language which would make a Billingsgate fishwoman blush!”
”Cut it out. I prefer the ‘dignified disapproval’ stunt. Oh, your face! ‘Not one of us,’ it said. And you were right there—though, mind you, it’s pretty hard to tell nowadays. It’s not everyone who can distinguish between a demi and a duchess. There now, I believe I’ve shocked you again! You’ve been dug out of the backwoods, you have. Not that I mind that. We could do with a few more of your sort. I just hate a fellow who gets fresh. It makes me mad!”
How brilliant Agatha Christie was with words!!
May 17, 2022
The second Hercule Poirot mystery is a doozy.
A rich man dies in France right after he sends for Poirot to help him as a matter of life and death. Poirot and Hastings arrive and are immediately set to work.
There are plenty of twists and turns and a few red herrings thrown in for a great mystery story with a little romance thrown in.
The narration was well done.
I highly recommend this book if you like the cozy type of mystery that Mrs. Christie wrote.
A rich man dies in France right after he sends for Poirot to help him as a matter of life and death. Poirot and Hastings arrive and are immediately set to work.
There are plenty of twists and turns and a few red herrings thrown in for a great mystery story with a little romance thrown in.
The narration was well done.
I highly recommend this book if you like the cozy type of mystery that Mrs. Christie wrote.
October 25, 2019
I can't get enough of Hercules!
I really enjoyed this book! So many times I thought I had figured out who the killer was but M. Poirot always has a few aces up his sleeves! No on to the next one!
I really enjoyed this book! So many times I thought I had figured out who the killer was but M. Poirot always has a few aces up his sleeves! No on to the next one!
January 13, 2021
A little scattered, but enjoyable
This is Christie’s third book, second featuring Piorot. It was a little scattered at times, however, I believe it was enjoyable. The Bonus short story was a delightful little read.
This is Christie’s third book, second featuring Piorot. It was a little scattered at times, however, I believe it was enjoyable. The Bonus short story was a delightful little read.
June 19, 2022
Wow! Fairly complicated plot. Loved it.
October 11, 2023
Audiobook
One of the better Agatha Christie stories
One of the better Agatha Christie stories
June 21, 2024
Sillier and more convoluted than I expected based on other Poirot books I've read, but still an enjoyable light read.
December 30, 2020
Agatha Christie's novels are great! One of these days I am going to figure one out before the end! Ha!
I'm going to miss Hastings, he added a nice village idiot to the narrative. ;) I'm not sure a reader could really piece the case together with the hints provided. But it is so much fun trying to figure out who will be the killer.
I'm going to miss Hastings, he added a nice village idiot to the narrative. ;) I'm not sure a reader could really piece the case together with the hints provided. But it is so much fun trying to figure out who will be the killer.
April 1, 2025
When Belgian detective Hercule Poirot receives an urgent and cryptic request for help from a Monsieur Renauld he and his friend Captain Hastings rush to France. But they arrive too late, the man has been found dead on a golf course, stabbed in the back with a letter opener. Poirot stays on to help untangle the strange circumstances and clues that include a love letter, blackmail, another body and a missing murder weapon. This is the second book in the Hercule Poirot series. While I don’t quite like Poirot as much as I did Miss Marple, one can’t deny that Agatha Christie is a master of the clever mystery. This story contains twists upon twists. Having Captain Hastings narrate works very well, offering us the chance to bumble along while the great detective explains his thinking.
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