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Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
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Author: Agatha Christie
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Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot Mysteries) Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823
EAN: 9780425205969
ISBN: 0425205967
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2005-07-05
Publisher: Berkley
Studio: Berkley
Dewey Decimal Number: 823
EAN: 9780425205969
ISBN: 0425205967
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2005-07-05
Publisher: Berkley
Studio: Berkley
Editorial Review of Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
Published in 45 languages, Agatha Christie's worldwide popularity is phenomenal, her characters engaging, her plots spellbinding. The very exclusive Meadowbank School has never been more assured of success when the summer term begins--until their gym mistress is found murdered.
Customer Reviews of Cat Among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)
Customer Rating: 
Review Summary: Not One of Her Best
Review: A longer novel than usual for Christie, "Cat Among the Pigeons" deals with international intrigue at an exclusive English girls' school. A coup in the Middle East triggers off a deadly search for missing jewels. Action converges on the school. The Special Branch and local police try to solve the string of murders among the schoolmistresses, but it takes Hercule Poirot's little grey cells to see through the disguises and subterfuge and bring all the loose ends together. The plot seemed flimsy at times and some of the attitudes expressed in the novel made it appear dated in the extreme. For a better Agatha Christie set partly in the Middle East, I would recommend They Came To Bagdad.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Great Book
Review: I absolutly loved this book. Although Hercule Poirot doesn't come in untill closer to the end of the book, this is in my oppinion one of the best Agatha Cristie's and it will keep you guessing to the last page.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: WILL SOMEONE LET THE WOMAN SPEAK?
Review: Whose work are we actually reading at this point? There were already major differences in punctuation, word choices, and scene breaks between the original Collins and Dodd Mead editions of this novel. There were further differences between the Dodd Mead editions republished by Random House/Avenel and the Dodd Mead editions republished by Simon & Shuster/Pocket. There are further additions still in the recent Signet, Berkley, and Leventhal and Black editions. For every publishing house putting out her works, there seem to be a new batch of editors altering Agatha Christie's words and the sound of her voice. Here the publishers at Collins, dissatisfied with their own earlier efforts, put still more distance between author and public with a "New Ed" edition. What's the matter with these publishers? Whose voice do they think we want to hear when we sit down to a novel by Agatha Christie? And what will she sound like twenty years from now? It's frightening that her estate has failed to see the importance of guarding her words as she wrote them. Please tell me I'm not the only one here who senses that a crime has been committed.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Totally Stumped Me
Review: I am usually able to pick up on clues in Agatha Christie's books. This one totally stumped me. I did figure out where the jewels were hidden. I think that was pretty obvious. As to who the murderer was, I had no clue whatsoever. The setting for this book is a private girls school to which even a real princess is attending (one of the red herrings). This became so engrossing mainly because I couldn't figure it out. When the truth was revealed in the end, the choice of bad guy didn't disappoint me at all. But I was really shocked. The title of the book really fits, but I might have called it Extremely Clever and Crafty Cat Among the Pigeons.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Not Free SF Reader
Review: School Escape.
Cat Among the Pigeons is a mystery involving a tiny tin-pot country, revolution, and jewellery.
Poirot gets involved with an investigation at a very toffy girl's school, and he doesn't really expect to get involved in international intrigue, but it doesn't take him long to work out something odd is going on.
Review Summary: Not One of Her Best
Review: A longer novel than usual for Christie, "Cat Among the Pigeons" deals with international intrigue at an exclusive English girls' school. A coup in the Middle East triggers off a deadly search for missing jewels. Action converges on the school. The Special Branch and local police try to solve the string of murders among the schoolmistresses, but it takes Hercule Poirot's little grey cells to see through the disguises and subterfuge and bring all the loose ends together. The plot seemed flimsy at times and some of the attitudes expressed in the novel made it appear dated in the extreme. For a better Agatha Christie set partly in the Middle East, I would recommend They Came To Bagdad.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Great Book
Review: I absolutly loved this book. Although Hercule Poirot doesn't come in untill closer to the end of the book, this is in my oppinion one of the best Agatha Cristie's and it will keep you guessing to the last page.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: WILL SOMEONE LET THE WOMAN SPEAK?
Review: Whose work are we actually reading at this point? There were already major differences in punctuation, word choices, and scene breaks between the original Collins and Dodd Mead editions of this novel. There were further differences between the Dodd Mead editions republished by Random House/Avenel and the Dodd Mead editions republished by Simon & Shuster/Pocket. There are further additions still in the recent Signet, Berkley, and Leventhal and Black editions. For every publishing house putting out her works, there seem to be a new batch of editors altering Agatha Christie's words and the sound of her voice. Here the publishers at Collins, dissatisfied with their own earlier efforts, put still more distance between author and public with a "New Ed" edition. What's the matter with these publishers? Whose voice do they think we want to hear when we sit down to a novel by Agatha Christie? And what will she sound like twenty years from now? It's frightening that her estate has failed to see the importance of guarding her words as she wrote them. Please tell me I'm not the only one here who senses that a crime has been committed.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Totally Stumped Me
Review: I am usually able to pick up on clues in Agatha Christie's books. This one totally stumped me. I did figure out where the jewels were hidden. I think that was pretty obvious. As to who the murderer was, I had no clue whatsoever. The setting for this book is a private girls school to which even a real princess is attending (one of the red herrings). This became so engrossing mainly because I couldn't figure it out. When the truth was revealed in the end, the choice of bad guy didn't disappoint me at all. But I was really shocked. The title of the book really fits, but I might have called it Extremely Clever and Crafty Cat Among the Pigeons.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Not Free SF Reader
Review: School Escape.
Cat Among the Pigeons is a mystery involving a tiny tin-pot country, revolution, and jewellery.
Poirot gets involved with an investigation at a very toffy girl's school, and he doesn't really expect to get involved in international intrigue, but it doesn't take him long to work out something odd is going on.