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Can you recommend me a HP book

detectivepauljohn 28 Sep 08 at 3:35 a.m. GMT

Can you recommend me a good Poirot book? I already own Evil Under the Sun, Death On the Nile and Cards On the Table. Please recommend me another Poirot book.

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dada222 28 Sep 08 at 9:08 a.m. GMT

Murder of Roger Ackroyd. In my opinion, the best Poirot book.

Other good ones include 'Dead man's folly', 'the ABC murders' and 'One, two , buckle my shoe'.

curious 28 Sep 08 at 11:20 a.m. GMT

"Lord Edgware Dies" is also quite good. :)

go_leafs_nation 28 Sep 08 at 1:14 p.m. GMT

I also recommend "Mrs. McGinty's Dead".

felix_moore 30 Sep 08 at 3:13 p.m. GMT

The Poirot mysteries are all excellent. I don't remember having read one that I disliked. Importantly, don't start with Curtain because it is much more enjoyable if you know where it is coming from. I would advise reading it after you are more familiar with Poirot.

AnneBeddingfield 01 Oct 08 at 2:29 p.m. GMT

"Murder on the Orient Express" & "The Man in the Brown Suit" are superb! And the last one that i read was "Hercule Poirot's Christmas" turned out to be great! I'd recommend it too.

dada222 01 Oct 08 at 3:33 p.m. GMT

anne_bedingfield

"Murder on the Orient Express" & "The Man in the Brown Suit" are superb! And the last one that i read was "Hercule Poirot's Christmas" turned out to be great! I'd recommend it too.

'The man in the brown suit' isn't a HP book, but it is a trully great book anyway.

robreid 01 Oct 08 at 5:03 p.m. GMT

Murder on the Orient Express and The Big Four are both excellent

Holly 02 Oct 08 at 2:13 p.m. GMT

Have you ever read The Mysterious Affair at Styles? As the first Poirot, I think it is certainly to be recommended. Murder On The Links is also good, but should not be read before Styles.

ariadnepoirotmarple 04 Oct 08 at 2:40 p.m. GMT

"Lord Edgware dies", "Death on the nile", "The Hollow" and "Cards on the table" are very good indeed. Lord Edgware Dies is really worth reading, the plot is so well planned and all the book is well-written, there's a lot of likeable characters. "Death on the nile" is romantic and exotic, it's such a wonderful novel, the plot amazes me so much and all the characters have a special magic. "The Hollow" is not a about a murder, in my opinion, not at all, if you're looking for a good mystery, Hollow is not what you're looking for, it's more a novel about different personalities and relationship but well, I jolly well liked it! "Cards on the table" is so obscure and mysterious, there's a lot of different characters and variety, the plot is so original and peculiar, what can I say? It's a really great book. "Dumb Witness" is also a good one. I've never read any 'bad' Poirot novel, for me, they are all masterpieces.

squatty 04 Oct 08 at 5:27 p.m. GMT

I would suggest: The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd; Three Act Tragedy and After The Funeral as your next set of reads. Personally, I would stay clear of any of the novels AC wrote from the mid-sixties until her death. I find them all very loosly plotted and she can get bogged down in endless dialogue. For example, in Elephants Can Remember, the actual murder doesnt stand up to examination at all and there are several repeated jokes between Poirot and Mrs Oliver about elephants having good memories.

Paris 06 Oct 08 at 6:57 p.m. GMT

I would reccommend; Dumb Witness, Hercule Poirot's Christmas, The Hollow and then Lord Edgeware dies. These 4 are fabulous, must readers in my opinion.

detectivepauljohn 15 Oct 08 at 9:44 a.m. GMT

Paris

must read not must readers

Paris 16 Oct 08 at 6:19 p.m. GMT

Sorry Detective...that's my french being mixed up with my english. Will be more careful nxt time.

Tommy_A_Jones 21 Jan 09 at 3:12 p.m. GMT

ABC Murders or perhaps one of the books with Ariadne Oliver, Mrs McGinty's Dead perhaps.

VRossa 22 Jan 09 at 9:18 a.m. GMT

Hi Squatty - I have just read your comments in this thread and totally agree with you. I thought maybe I was the only one who thought her novels went 'off' in the sixties and seventies so I am glad to find someone else that has the same view. It is exactly as you say - the plots are loose and don't stand up to scrutiny and the dialogue - is so repetitive. However having said that it just makes me appreciate the ealier Agatha even more - and most of her work was written before the sixties - even Curtain - if someone told me someone else had written them I would find it plausible - I cannot believe the Agatha Christie I know and love would write like that.

Inspector_Kelly 22 Jan 09 at 4:42 p.m. GMT

Halloween party, although not vey well known is a fantastic ending! They are all good but Roger Ackroyd, Murder on the orient express, three act tragerdy, the ABC murders, cards on the table, death on the nile, Mrs Mcginty's Dead, and appoitment with death. These are some of the ones I've most enjoyed!

devilgal19 31 Jan 09 at 1:07 a.m. GMT

Oh God, where to begin...lol

Well my favourite is ABC Murders and I love how Christie uses the alphabet in this story and the ending is fabulous.  I love Christie's first book Myseterious Affair at Styles...always go with Murder on Oriental Express, Hickory, Dickory Dock, Murder on the Nile, Third Girl and any of the short stories are great, I've never been disappointed with any of Poirot or Marple or anything by Christie, to be honest with you.

detectivepauljohn 31 Jan 09 at 1:46 a.m. GMT

devilgal19

I am a bit dissapointed in some books like Hercule Poirot's Christmas because Poirot(in the book only) was introduced in a very late chapter. But I stil love and like her books.

devilgal19 02 Feb 09 at 9:52 p.m. GMT

detectivepauljohn

devilgal19

I am a bit dissapointed in some books like Hercule Poirot's Christmas because Poirot(in the book only) was introduced in a very late chapter. But I stil love and like her books.

I'm the same way.  I love British mysteries and I love the quaint little towns like St. Mary Mead or London where Poirot lives and that it's not really complicated but still keeps you thinking as to who killed or who committed the crime.  It takes me into time in a way. And Christie does that.

susandiane 14 Feb 09 at 10:25 p.m. GMT

The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the FIRST Poirot, that might be a good one for you to start with. Then go to Murder on the Links, The Labours of Hercule, The ABC Murders, Toward Zero (Poirot's mentioned). But hands down Murder on the Orient Express! The end is a KICKER (and it STANDS up, NO cheats!) Evil Under the Sun is good too. Oh my, Poirot, my hobbyhorse, I LOVE him:) BTW, the 60's novels? Third Girl is good!