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Sir Charles Cartwright, a well-known, handsome, middle-aged retired actor is the main character of this novel and his house is where the first murder took place. He was having a party in his house in Cornwall, and amongst the guests were the local people and Monsieur Hercule Poirot, a Belgian detective and probably one of the most competent detectives in human history ever! Had it not been for his brains, the murder would have remained a mystery forever. After the second and third murders by the same cold-blooded criminal, Poirot succeeded in unraveling the mystery. Compared to Christie’s other works, this novel is less plausible. I still have a lot of questions regarding the story: for example, even if the murderer had been able to exchange glasses, how could he deal with the fingerprints? It is still, however, worth reading despite its flaws. |