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Mystery · 1993 · PG

Cards on the Table

by Agatha Christie

Four murder suspects. One victim. All four could have done it.

Mr. Shaitana is a strange and wealthy collector of snuff boxes and other objets d'art. One evening he invites two specialists, Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard and crime novelist Ariadne Oliver, to a dinner party to view his special collection: four people who have committed murder and gotten away with it. As they play bridge after dinner, Shaitana is daringly murdered by someone at the party. Battle sets out to solve the crime aided, of course, by the eager Mrs. Oliver who begins with psychological deductions from the bridge score cards. After many red herrings, skeletons in the cupboar

For12+GenreMysteryLength256 pagesRead time~7.1 hoursCommunity ratings0

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Violence

Barely any

Murder mystery

Language

None

None

Sexual Content

None

None

Substance Use

None

None

Emotional Intensity

Some

Psychological complexity

What this book is about

A mysterious host invites four known murderers to a bridge party — and is killed. Poirot must determine which of the four guilty guests committed this particular crime. One of Christie's cleverest puzzles: everyone is guilty of something.

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Classic mystery; appropriate for all ages

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