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The Murder on the Links: A Positronic Book
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781515419402
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Jan 1 2019
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Murder on the Links is the second novel featuring Hercule Poirot and one of Agatha Christie's earliest full-length detective puzzles.
When Poirot receives an urgent letter from a French millionaire fearing for his life, he and Captain Hastings travel to northern France-only to discover their client already murdered on a golf course beside his villa. What follows is a labyrinth of hidden identities, romantic entanglements, false clues, and carefully planted misdirection. As rival detectives pursue competing theories, Poirot quietly reconstructs the crime through psychological insight and meticulous logic.
In this early outing, Christie refines the elements that would define her Golden Age mastery: intricate plotting, unreliable appearances, and the triumph of intellect over confusion. The French seaside setting adds atmosphere while the puzzle itself turns upon deception layered within deception. For readers of classic detective fiction, The Murder on the Links marks the firm establishment of Hercule Poirot as one of the genre's enduring figures.
This edition presents the complete 1923 text, restoring Christie's original structure and dialogue.
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