Hallowe'en Party

Today's post is on Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie. It is 216 pages long and is published by Bantam Books. The cover is black with a silhouette of Agatha Christie on it. The intended reader is someone who likes classic mysteries. There is no foul language, no sex, and no violence in this novel. The story is told from third person close following Hercule Poirot. There Be Spoilers Ahead. 

From the dust jacket- A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of apples... At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce—a hostile thirteen-year-old—boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the 'evil presence'. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer…

Review- A wonderful and twisty mystery for the haunting season. Hercule Poirot is called to a small village by a friend who was there when the child was murdered. This is a wild ride of a story with other missing people, the murdered child was not to be trusted but she was murdered for some reason, and forged wills. Poirot has his work cut out for him. This was a great story. I had a great time exploring this mystery with Poirot as my guide and I did not guess the murderer(s) before the end. Ms. Christie is a master storyteller and this one is no different. I would highly recommend all of her work. 

I give this novel a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this novel from my local library.