Three Act Tragedy
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- Author：Agatha Christie
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Summary
Thirteen guests arrive for dinner at the house of Sir Charles Cartwright， the famous actor。 To avoid bad luck， his secretary insists on making up the number to fourteen， bit its too late for one guest， who chokes to death on his apéritif。。。
But when his martini glass was sent for chemical analysis， there is no trace of poison - just as Poirot had predicted。 What causes the famous detective greater anxiety， however， is the complete lack of any motive。
But when his martini glass was sent for chemical analysis， there is no trace of poison - just as Poirot had predicted。 What causes the famous detective greater anxiety， however， is the complete lack of any motive。
Reviews
Allyson
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So good， per usual
Wiktoria Klos
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Det var längesen jag läste ut en bok såhär snabbt。 Jag är inget särskilt stort fan av detektivromaner egentligen men det någonting med Agatha Christie ändå。 Har aldrig listat ut vem det är som är mördaren， även om jag hade en tanke på den rätta personen ett litet tag。 Christies detektivromaner är otroliga， spännande men också mysiga och lättsamma。 Jag tror jag hade kunnat ta upp vilken som helst av hennes böcker och jag är ganska så säker på att jag hade tyckt om den。 En otrolig författare som v Det var längesen jag läste ut en bok såhär snabbt。 Jag är inget särskilt stort fan av detektivromaner egentligen men det någonting med Agatha Christie ändå。 Har aldrig listat ut vem det är som är mördaren， även om jag hade en tanke på den rätta personen ett litet tag。 Christies detektivromaner är otroliga， spännande men också mysiga och lättsamma。 Jag tror jag hade kunnat ta upp vilken som helst av hennes böcker och jag är ganska så säker på att jag hade tyckt om den。 En otrolig författare som växer mot att bli en stor favorit。 。。。more
Julio Barradas Rodriguez
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bueno， por un momento me confundio， pero ya sabia quien era el asesino。 aunque me sorprendio todo el modus operandi， y los motivos， eso si no lo vi venir。
Pari
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خیلی دوسش داشتم👌 جز کتابای خوب کریستی بود بنظرم❤️
Alfred Weber
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Poirot does it again！ Was there ever any doubt？The mystery is a bit convoluted （aren't they all？）， but another good whodunit from the master。 Poirot does it again！ Was there ever any doubt？The mystery is a bit convoluted （aren't they all？）， but another good whodunit from the master。 。。。more
Claudia Godoy Uribe
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Hacía tiempo no disfrutaba tanto un libro de Agatha Christie， y es que al ser mi autora favorita he leído tanto de ella que llega un punto donde siento la historia predecible。 Pero este libro no lo fue， nunca espere el desenlace final y me sorprendió con crecesTambién me gustó mucho el hecho de que Poirot no sea un personaje principal， o sea si influye un montón en la trama， pero la historia no se centra en él como protagonista。 Creo que fue esto lo que volvió tan ligera mi lectura， porque pese Hacía tiempo no disfrutaba tanto un libro de Agatha Christie， y es que al ser mi autora favorita he leído tanto de ella que llega un punto donde siento la historia predecible。 Pero este libro no lo fue， nunca espere el desenlace final y me sorprendió con crecesTambién me gustó mucho el hecho de que Poirot no sea un personaje principal， o sea si influye un montón en la trama， pero la historia no se centra en él como protagonista。 Creo que fue esto lo que volvió tan ligera mi lectura， porque pese a que Poirot es genial sus métodos a veces se vuelven tediososAdemás tuve un momento shipper en medio de la trama， Christie no siempre maneja bien los romances y en esta ocasión lo hizo。 Eso sumo más puntos en mi lecturaEn resumen， un libro súper ligera， atrapante y entretenido que te deja con un plot twist muy bueno 。。。more
Carina
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3，5That one didn’t feel like a Poirot to me
Karolina
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jak zwykle wyszlam na głupią， bo ani trochę nie myślałam o tym mordercy。 Agatha i fckn love your books， you're a queen ！！ jak zwykle wyszlam na głupią， bo ani trochę nie myślałam o tym mordercy。 Agatha i fckn love your books， you're a queen ！！ 。。。more
Tasha
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Another enjoyable read/audio。
Metodi Markov
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В тази криминална история разследването се прави основно от група аматьори， присъствали на първото убийство。 Поаро благоволява да се задейства чак в третото действие и естествено бързо разгадава случая。Една звезда по-малко за "Трагедия в три действия"， заради леко предвидимата поне за мен развръзка。Преводът е поостарял и на места може да обърка читателя малко。Цитат от 1934 година:"Безжалостни са тези съвременни момичета 。。。 и ужасно енергични。" :） В тази криминална история разследването се прави основно от група аматьори， присъствали на първото убийство。 Поаро благоволява да се задейства чак в третото действие и естествено бързо разгадава случая。Една звезда по-малко за "Трагедия в три действия"， заради леко предвидимата поне за мен развръзка。Преводът е поостарял и на места може да обърка читателя малко。Цитат от 1934 година:"Безжалостни са тези съвременни момичета 。。。 и ужасно енергични。" :） 。。。more
Cheryl
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I didnt get all the details， but I did get my murderer！
Krsto Knežević
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Ko ne voli Agatu Kristi ne zna da uživa u jednostavnosti。 Neizmjerno zabavno i pomalo kliše zbog čega je cjelokupni utisak još bolji。 P。 S。 The butler did it。
Anabel Giacobbi
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Poirot properly enters the story on page 146， so it’s a solid two star before page 146 and a four star after — ergo， three stars。 An interesting and unexpected conclusion to a rather boring murder。
Angie Vallejo （Musesofamom）
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I read the audiobook version of this title。 Even on audio， it drags through the first half， as Poirot doesn’t really come into the case until 2/3 into the book （guesstimating from the 6 hr audio）。 The only reason I stayed with it was because of the narrator， Andrew Sachs。 He does wonderfully deep and blustery voices for English gentlemen， and his Poirot was very good。 Still worth a listen。
Mayu Vargas
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Me gustó y me entretuvo bastante， mi único problema， los personajes femeninos 🤦🏻♀️， como Agatha es de mis escritoras favoritas diré: que fue fabulosa a la hora de construir personajes femeninos estúpidos y estereotipados。 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣
Sofi
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Me demoré como mil años pero la solución estuvo muyyy buena
Donald
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Interesting twist but can't help feel it borrowed heavily from Roger Ackroyd。。。 plus Poirot actually only appears in about 20% of the story。 Interesting twist but can't help feel it borrowed heavily from Roger Ackroyd。。。 plus Poirot actually only appears in about 20% of the story。 。。。more
Gaby
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2。5。 I usually love Poirot， but he was barely in it and the pacing was off
Tori
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Enjoyed the mystery itself， though a lot of the ideas are quite outdated， but I suppose that's to be expected。 Enjoyed the mystery itself， though a lot of the ideas are quite outdated， but I suppose that's to be expected。 。。。more
Tomás Saldarriaga Villa
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Fue un libro muy entretenido que siempre me tuvo pegado a sus páginas para poder resolver el misterio y descubrir quien era el asesino。 Debo confesar que no me lo ví venir para nada y que me sentí bastante conectado con los personajes， en especial con Hec Lytton Gore y con Satterthwaite。 Me llamó mucho la atención que fueron personajes profundos y bien construídos a pesar de que este libro es muy corto。La resolución de todo este caso me dejó bastante impactado y satisfecho。Llegué a la conclusión Fue un libro muy entretenido que siempre me tuvo pegado a sus páginas para poder resolver el misterio y descubrir quien era el asesino。 Debo confesar que no me lo ví venir para nada y que me sentí bastante conectado con los personajes， en especial con Hec Lytton Gore y con Satterthwaite。 Me llamó mucho la atención que fueron personajes profundos y bien construídos a pesar de que este libro es muy corto。La resolución de todo este caso me dejó bastante impactado y satisfecho。Llegué a la conclusión que el aspecto que hace que no me gusten tanto los libros de Agatha Christie es ese Poirot。 Lo detesto， me parece terriblemente arrogante y que resuelve todos los misterios por obra y gracia del espíritu santo。He notado que mis libros favoritos de la autora， son aquellos en los que no aparece ese personaje tan detestable。 。。。more
Dale
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Not her best。 Amusing， but。。。
Stephanie
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NICE
Kacper Nedza
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Not the best Poirot story but it's clever and zips right along to a nicely telegraphed denouement。 The characterization feels perfunctory at times， but Christie manages to give most of the characters at least a smidge of depth。 Not the best Poirot story but it's clever and zips right along to a nicely telegraphed denouement。 The characterization feels perfunctory at times， but Christie manages to give most of the characters at least a smidge of depth。 。。。more
lea
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HELLO Mr。 Satterthwaite x M。 Poirot？？？？ looooovvvveeee
Pertiwi Yuliana
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“Kejadian mendatangi manusia， bukan sebaliknya。 Kenapa ada orang yang hidupnya mengasyikkan dan ada yang membosankan？ Karena lingkungannya？ Sama sekali tidak。 …。 Begitu juga dengan orang-orang seperti Hercule Poirot。“ — halaman 17-18。Di tengah masa pensiunnya yang penuh dengan kesombongan dan bergelimang harta， ternyata Hercule Poirot tetap menemui kejadian-kejadian ganjil di sepanjang jejaknya。 Berawal dari sebuah undangan makan malam di rumah seorang aktor， Sir Charles Cartwright。 Sialnya， pes “Kejadian mendatangi manusia， bukan sebaliknya。 Kenapa ada orang yang hidupnya mengasyikkan dan ada yang membosankan？ Karena lingkungannya？ Sama sekali tidak。 …。 Begitu juga dengan orang-orang seperti Hercule Poirot。“ — halaman 17-18。Di tengah masa pensiunnya yang penuh dengan kesombongan dan bergelimang harta， ternyata Hercule Poirot tetap menemui kejadian-kejadian ganjil di sepanjang jejaknya。 Berawal dari sebuah undangan makan malam di rumah seorang aktor， Sir Charles Cartwright。 Sialnya， pesta tersebut harus berakhir dengan kematian pendeta setempat yang sangat baik hati dan dicintai。 Koktail yang terakhir diteguknya adalah yang dituding sebagai penyebab。 Namun， kebanyakan undangan yang hadir tampak acuh saja tanpa mencurigai kemungkinan adanya kesengajaan。Kemudian， muncullah tragedi kedua yang terjadi di kediaman seorang dokter saraf terkemuka， Mr。 Bartholomew Strange。 Dengan alur kejadian yang persis seperti peristiwa pertama dan dengan tamu undangan yang hampir sama， Mr。 Bartholomew tewas di tengah pesta yang diadakannya。 Begitu berita yang mencengangkan tersebut sampai pada Sir Charles， beliau dengan keaktorannya yang begitu luwes dengan serta-merta menjajal peruntungan untuk “playing detective”。 Bertiga dengan Egg dan Mr。 Satterthwaite， Sir Charles berupaya mengumpulkan berbagai petunjuk yang akhitnya digenapkan oleh Poirot。Alur #CeritaChristie dalam Three Act Tragedy terbilang cukup menarik。 Walau， sejujurnya， aku agak berharap lebih。 Mengingat ada beberapa tokoh di dalamnya yang， kurasa， cukup potensial untuk memperkokoh alur cerita jika karakternya dikembangkan。 Namun， ya， Poirot tetap memenangkan hatiku dengan “hantaman” kalimat-kalimatnya yang begitu jitu saat mengungkap kasus yang sesungguhnya。 Detail yang dikemukakannya terasa “mengerikan”， tapi masuk akal di waktu yang bersamaan。 。。。more
Mella
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Poirot gently uncrossed his knees， withdrew his gaze from the ceiling， and looked the young man full in the face。 “My name is Hercule Poirot，” he said quietly， “and I am probably the greatest detective in the world。Christie， Agatha。 The Mystery of the Blue Train: Hercule Poirot Investigates （Hercule Poirot series Book 6） （p。 149）。 William Morrow Paperbacks。 Kindle Edition。Sir Charles Cartwright， a famous actor， is holding a dinner party at his country house when the local parson has a fit and di Poirot gently uncrossed his knees， withdrew his gaze from the ceiling， and looked the young man full in the face。 “My name is Hercule Poirot，” he said quietly， “and I am probably the greatest detective in the world。Christie， Agatha。 The Mystery of the Blue Train: Hercule Poirot Investigates （Hercule Poirot series Book 6） （p。 149）。 William Morrow Paperbacks。 Kindle Edition。Sir Charles Cartwright， a famous actor， is holding a dinner party at his country house when the local parson has a fit and dies。 He suspects murder but everyone believes him to be letting his imagination run amok。 And then weeks later， a second guest dies in the exact same manner。 Although Poirot does attend the dinner party， for much of the book he is absent， leaving the detection up to Sir Charles Cartwright， his friend Mr Satterthwaite （who apparently appears in Christie's Harley Quin series） and his young neighbour， Miss Lytton "Egg" Gore。 I really enjoyed this one。 I loved the use of the three acts。 The format was used very effectively to convey the story and it was rather an unique way to do so。 I adored the way in which Charles took on and discarded his various roles， particularly when Mr Satterthwaite commented。 I liked Mr Satterthwaite - he was amusing and observant （I'll have to make sure to pick up the Harley Quin books） - I would've liked to see more of him and Poirot working together - I'm sure it'd be very entertaining。 Egg was a good egg （yeah I couldn't resist）。 I enjoyed her determination and manoeuvring to get her man。The murderer was unexpected。 I didn't see it coming。 （view spoiler）[ If I hadn't of read another book （view spoiler）[ The Murder of Roger Ackroyd （hide spoiler）] I'm sure it would've felt very original， but it kind of felt repetitive。 That's not to say it wasn't good - it was and I enjoyed everything up until that very much - but it felt familiar in a way it probably shouldn't have。 The motive for the murder was also pretty unexpected - I was pretty dumbfounded when Poirot explains that the first murder was （view spoiler）[ a dress rehearsal。 Oh the dramatics of actors。 The motive though was kind of strange - I feel like he might have been better off killing the committed wife， then his friend。 I mean one has one murder。 The other has two。 （hide spoiler）] （hide spoiler）] Overall it was an enjoyable and well plotted mystery with intriguing characters and an unexpected culprit。 3。5 stars， rounded up to 4。 。。。more
India
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I enjoyed this a lot a really pleasant and fun read
Sagrifa
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3，5
Emily
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Back to Hercule Poirot for yet another Christie mystery！Reading these novels in publication order really gives you a sense of the ways that Christie is trying to stretch herself。 Though less blatant than some of her later challenges to readers， Christie is trying something new in this lesser-known novel。 Rather than populating her plot with a plethora of suspects and motives， here we have a murder with seemingly no motive at all and instead a plethora of detectives。 An eldery unassuming clergyma Back to Hercule Poirot for yet another Christie mystery！Reading these novels in publication order really gives you a sense of the ways that Christie is trying to stretch herself。 Though less blatant than some of her later challenges to readers， Christie is trying something new in this lesser-known novel。 Rather than populating her plot with a plethora of suspects and motives， here we have a murder with seemingly no motive at all and instead a plethora of detectives。 An eldery unassuming clergyman dies suddenly at a cocktail party， and despite our amateur detectives’ best efforts they can discover absolutely no reason that anyone would have done it。 However， when similar deaths occur elsewhere with the same guests， suspicion is brought to a peak。 tThe three acts referenced in the title refer to an odd structure。 The novel meanders around for a while collecting its detectives， including Mr。 Satterthwaite who had previously teamed up with the Mysterious Mr。 Quin， and two rolicking play-acting party guests。 Poirot takes what will soon be Ms。 Marple’s role: the sidelined detective who is brought in only at the very end to elucidate the mystery。 Though he comes onto the scene several times， he doesn't interfere with the others’ investigation and allows them to spearhead the sleuthing， which is not usually how Poirot manages things。 He is， of course， in at the kill by the end。 。 tI suppose I can see why this is one of Christie’s lesser-known works， but I found myself bewilderedly unable to account for any of the murders and there I was being led by the nose down whatever rabbit trails Christie saw fit to drag me， just as if I was a novice Christie-reader！ I did end up guessing the villain before Poirot’s final reveal， but it was a close run thing。 （view spoiler）[ Never trust Christie’s attempts to get you to empathize with star-crossed lovers。 It is always a trap。 She short-circuits your sleuthing instincts by playing on your wish for two people to get together。 It is a favorite mechanic of hers， and I nearly fell for it again。 （hide spoiler）] This was a short but very puzzling delight despite its convoluted plot。 Incidentally， I love how Satterthwaite continuously tries to get people to ask him about his previous association with solving crimes and no one ever does。 。。。more
John Reis
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**I give one clue below; no names， methods or motives revealed**Poirot attends a dinner party at Charles Cartright‘s home along with 12 other people。 During the dinner， Reverend Babbington dies after sipping one of the cocktails。 Later， Doctor Bartholomew Strange finds no poison in his glass。Later， Poirot is in Monte Carlo and hears that Strange has died after drinking a glass of port。 He also has been at a dinner party with many of the same people who attended the night Babbington died。Poirot d **I give one clue below; no names， methods or motives revealed**Poirot attends a dinner party at Charles Cartright‘s home along with 12 other people。 During the dinner， Reverend Babbington dies after sipping one of the cocktails。 Later， Doctor Bartholomew Strange finds no poison in his glass。Later， Poirot is in Monte Carlo and hears that Strange has died after drinking a glass of port。 He also has been at a dinner party with many of the same people who attended the night Babbington died。Poirot disappears for a while。 Meanwhile Satterthwaite and Charles Carmichael， the great actor， decide to investigate and the narrative follows them for several chapters。 Hermione “Egg” Lytton-Gore joins in the investigation mostly to be close to Charles Carmichael。 They believe that they must investigate the first murder first。Hercule Poirot joins the investigation， annoying “Egg“。The solution to the two crimes depends upon realizing that the first murder was a dry run， a practice run。 It did not matter who picked up the tainted glass at the first dinner。 。。。more
Reference
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