This is more a
series of mini-adventures than one single novel, in which Hercule
Poirot and his devoted friend Hastings try to thwart the plans of an
international gang known as the Big Four in the quest for world
domination. Despite the global influence of these criminal
masterminds, Poirot engages them in a war of minds and strategy that
has likely deadly consequences.
The Big Four
is one of the most unashamedly entertaining Christie novels I've
read, with a Shakespearean penchant for unfathomable disguises,
plenty of melodramatic grandstanding, and a few satirical digs at the
conventions of mystery-writing.
Seen
from the sidekick Hastings' point of view, the reader is kept in the
dark for much of the novel, while being given plenty of clues to make
guesses at the resolution. A fun, light-hearted read of a detective
novel.
Next
up: The Secret Adversary
by Agatha Christie (the last in this three-novel volume, and I'll
move on to something different!)
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