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The Big Four

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Hugh Fraser
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Framed in the doorway of Poirot’s bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man’s gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell.

Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about ‘Number Four’.

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If you read the Agatha Christie websites you'll know this is an emergency construct of several other plots.

It is very episodic, some of the storylines are derivitive of Sax Rhomer, some of the denouments are silly.

And the ending ........

But apart from that it's entertaining if you don't take it too seriously. Read the AC website, see why she wrote it, treat it as an historical story in the AC canon. The David Suchet adaptation will be interesting.

The reading by Captain Hastings (sorry - I've gone blank on his name) is excellent as usual.

Did I spell 'denouments' right?

The Big Four

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Unlike most of Christie's Poirot stories which follow a single plotline, The Big Four takes the reader through several mini-mysteries which are all linked, resulting in several tension rises and releases, culminating in an unexpected turn of events before the eventual denouement. I've read around 10 Poirots and this is my favourite - a nice change of pace and one that will keep you fully engaged throughout.

Action packed & pacy

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I'm normally a big Christie fan but this is, strangely, a fairly dull book. I kept expecting a twist to come, but it's all entirely predicable.

Kind of dull

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Another perfect Christie story read by the great Hugh Fraser who has become synonymous with reading her work.
A pleasure to sit back and sink into a story of another Hercule Poirot triumph.

Another Perfect Christie Story

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I enjoyed the stories within the story but overall this was a ridiculous plot. However it’s always good to see more of the relationship between HP and CH.

Far fetched

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