Third Girl
A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
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4.5 • 142 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
In this breathtaking Agatha Christie mystery, the Third Girl sharing a London flat with two others announces to Hercule Poirot that she’s a murderer and then disappears. The masterful investigator must figure out whether the missing girl is a criminal, a victim, or merely insane.
Three young women share a London flat. The first is a coolly efficient secretary. The second is an artist. The third interrupts Hercule Poirot’s breakfast confessing that she is a murderer—and then promptly disappears.
Slowly, Poirot learns of the rumors surrounding the mysterious third girl, her family, and her disappearance. Yet hard evidence is needed before the great detective can pronounce her guilty, innocent, or insane.…
Customer Reviews
Poirot in the 1960’s….
The Third Girl is one of Dame Christie’s last Poirot books and I found it completely fascinating. The references to the British youth culture is heavy handed and really dated. Still it was interesting to see Poirot in a setting that wasn’t overflowing with a world full of elegance and panache.
The mystery portion was a bit drawn out with all the usual red herrings. But very honestly, once I got into this book, I absolutely could not let it go!
Also interesting? This seems to be the book where Christie abandons her use of the awful terms that were of her time.