Dumb Witness (1937)
APA Poirot Loses a Client
A reader from USA , July 7, 1999
Excellent
A very good book! A must read!
A reader , July 16, 1998
AN EASY-GOING MYSTERY
Beware...this is no adventurous, running-by-the-seat-of-your-pants
mystery. It travels slowly and with caution, yet is nontheless sinister,
with all the undertones of greed, evil and black thoughts one book could
have.
Poirot receives a cryptic letter from a deceased old woman, who obviously
suspected her death to be close at hand--and anything but natural. It is
only the stubborn Poirot who believes it to really be a murder, while everyone
else looks at a very natural death as just that. The tension builds as
there are no lack of suspects and WILLING murderers--the question is, who
would actually go through with it and at the same time had the ability
to make the murder appear natural to every single person--doctor and all?
Because there are so few characters, the ending is not such a shock
since at least for me, since I had suspected the murderer anyway. However,
it is interesting to listen as Poirot explains how/why the murder was committed.
I was actual! ! ly surprised during some of his explanation of the impossible--or
seemingly impossible.
I would recommend this book. It held a rather gentle grasp of me, forcing
me to read the whole thing in a day. The other good aspect of this mystery
was a few obvious clues laid down in the path. These were extremely valuable
clues, and whether Agatha intended them to be so obvious or not they were
none the less there. Most anyone should pick these clues up. And if you
are lucky, and have a good grasp of poisonous substances, you might just
solve the entire thing.
A reader , April 22, 1997
Dumb witness
Dumb Witness is a great story. It talks about a dog who has seen a
murder at his house. Poirot investigates the case, with the help of "Messier
Bob", his dumb witness.