The Clocks (Poirot)

Agatha Christie

Oct 2010 · HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

A typist uncovers a man’s body from behind the sofa...

As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor.

What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Sheila clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike three o’clock. Yet, the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4.13. Even more strangely, only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house...

Ratings and reviews

Book is good, Poirot's intelligence is remarkable as he finishes up the mystery. In the beginning, you come at dead ends as there isn't much to go about but if you have enough patience to read the book, things unravel slowly. The clocks could have better significance in the story.

Nice plot and narration, as an example of usual Agatha Christie book! Could have been more sharp in presentation!

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About the author

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.