Hallowe'en Party
Books | Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional
3.9
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Agatha Christie
Inspiration for the major motion picture A Haunting in Venice, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, coming September 2023!When a Halloween Party turns deadly, it falls to Hercule Poirots to unmask a murderer in Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery, Hallowe’en Party.At a Halloween party, Joyce—a hostile thirteen-year-old—boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the `evil presence'. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer...
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Author
Agatha Christie
Pages
272
Publisher
Harper Collins
Published Date
2006-10-03
ISBN
0061759732 9780061759734
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"It’s okay. Vastly different from the movie adaptation. I think I preferred the movie. I found this rather boring to follow. "
Sarah Joubert
"41"
Brandon Reed
"So heres the thing. It was good, but it was just fine. I enjoyed the read overall ;a mystery needs to be solved and the small details/clues that lead to the answer.
I think if I read this to complete the series, maybe I'd be more invested. As it stands, I read it for Halloween. I wanted spooky/fun Halloween reads, and the only mention of Halloween was at the beginning.
So if you're reading for a good mystery, it has it. If you're reading it because it's the month of October - there are other things that fit the bill."
Nova Quartz
"This was for sure one of my least favorite AC books I’ve read. It was good in the beginning and the end, but the middle dragged on and I had a hard time getting into it. I put this book aside so many times for other books which is unusual for me because typically I power read through an AC novel."
MaryBeth
"Absolutely loved! Sherlock Holmes has nothing on Hercule Poirot and his mustache! "
Gabriela Champion
"For some reason I was expecting more. Not the Halloween read I was wanting. "
Michael Woolvin
"It took me a while to get into this one… the pacing was slower than I’m used to for a Christie mystery. That being said, the action and twists at the end made up for it!"
Meg K
"It is a typical Agatha. Very detailed, lots of characters to remember and keep up with, but I sure do love her "
Aimee Branson
"This book was a solid 3.5/5 stars! This book was a slow read for me, but I only think that's because it was written in the 60s so the writing style and wording is a little different. Other than that, I will always love a good Agatha Christie murder mystery! I was hooked throughout the whole book, trying to guess who had done it and when they revealed who it was ... I was caught off guard! Agatha Christie really knows how to confuse the audience and it's always the person who you least expect!"
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Hannah Grace Whitmill
"Late Poirot was never my favorite... The series become invested with what I can only describe as bitterness for young people near the end of Christie's career, but usually is so inaccurate-feeling that it's just funny. THIS one however I kind of liked. The story is super confused and convoluted and the ending sounds really dumb, but the characters were delightful and relatable, at least for me. Besides that, a terrible book. Shocking for Christie, even so late."
Thor Smith
