Usually Christie's books rate higher for me but Sad Cypress just didn't pull me in to the mystery as so many of her other ones have. I found myself having to reread passages and often looking for other books to read instead. The lengthy exposition of the crime which takes half of the book breaks the usual pacing of a Christie mystery and the book never seems to recover from it.

An unusually set up mystery that begins with court proceedings, as the accused suspect is being tried for the murder of an innocent, lovely girl. But of course, the things aren't what they seem. As we learn through flashback, someone else must be the guilty party. The trick is now to find out who. I did not expect much from this little novel, but ended up really having a good time with it.

A great Poirot. I'm always a sucker for a story where he's the only one who believes the accused. A great Poirot!

One of my favorite Poirot mysteries!

A fast and interesting read! Kept me curious and on my toes. Loved the variations of characteristics on the characters. Loved Poirot's hint of sass and rhetoric questions. A satisfying read!!

As I'd already read The Moving Finger, this was my October pick for ReadChristie2o2o (theme for the month: a book inspired by Christie's reading). Very cleverly done - I did suspect both of the people Poirot suspected as soon as they were introduced, but (as is so often the case with Christie), it's not the WHO, it's the HOW that's the puzzle. Reread immediately for clue-spotting, as is traditional. Hasn't dislodged any of my personal top 5 Christies but would def read again.

** spoiler alert ** “One does not practise detection with a textbook! One uses one’s natural intelligence.” After reading a disaster of a book (The Sky Is Everywhere), I felt the need to pick up a palate cleanser. In my case, the role of the pickled ginger undoubtedly belongs to Agatha Christie, especially when Poirot is involved. This is a book I never read or seen the TV episode of. I would say it isn’t very famous and not one of her masterpieces. But I loved it. Reading one of these books, especially with Poirot as protagonist, is always like going back home, so comforting and enjoyable. I will never tire of saying that the culprit in these stories is always the one you least expect. And when you find the least expected character, well, the culprit is a person even less expected, that you didn’t even take into consideration. And here it happened again. THE NURSE! It was brilliant. You see? When you think of possible culprits, she isn’t even in the picture, so you never even think about suspecting her. I figured out something was sketchy when the cut on her hand was mentioned, but I didn’t go as far as to believe she was the killer. I was scared that this book would be heavily set in court, which I usually don’t like. So I was happy to see that wasn’t the case, and even the parts in court were good. Same goes for the wrongly accused, never been a fan but it was ok here. _______________________________ So good. Just, so good. She always tricks me.

oh gosh i feel like i said it in every review but again the aesthetics. and ofc the story and also i kinda learned how morphine and apomorphine work so,, great

Loved it!

One of my favorites in the David Suchet series, and definitely one of my favorites in the book, too!