Cabo da Víbora / Poirot e as Joias do Príncipe

by Agatha Christie

Genres: Agatha Christie, Mystery, Crime

418 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1959

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

[Teresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gostei imenso do Cabo da víbora, mas o segundo foi muito aquém do que estou habituada.
Começa muito bem, estilo intriga internacional mas depois quando chegamos ao desenrolar dos acontecimentos na escola, fica confuso (e não no bom sentido) e o final é no mínimo desinteressante 😐

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

O Cabo da Víbora é um romance sem nenhum dos grandes detectives, mas que contém algumas das questões recorrentes em Agatha Christie, como o poder da família de sangue, o mote do caso aparentemente congelado mas que que pode ser resolvido e o tema do progenitor sufocante. Ainda não tinha lido.
O segundo já tinha lido com um título bem mais próximo do original (Gato entre os Pombos), e foi bom encontrar de novo a intrépida Julia Upjohn.

[Babete · Rating 4 out of 5]

:-)

[Alison Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you want a whodunnit, you can't go wrong with Agatha Christie.

[Liz Wallis]

Am currently reading this book (though I have read it before...) enjoying it ....