The Murder on the Links

About the book

Poirot and Hastings travel to France in response to an urgent appeal, only to find their prospective client dead. The investigation places Poirot beside an official detective whose confidence in his own methods creates both rivalry and comic friction. Clues around the household and nearby grounds point towards explanations that change as the victim's history comes into view. Hastings's personal attachments add another complication, testing the distance between what he wants to believe and what the case requires. Christie uses that mixture of professional competition and private feeling to keep the inquiry unsettled. The novel asks readers to consider why a familiar pattern may matter more than an impressive new discovery, and how easily a striking detail can command more attention than it deserves.

• Evidence
• Professional rivalry
• Feeling and judgment

Why read it

For a layered early Poirot mystery that makes conflicting investigative styles part of the entertainment.

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