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Murder After Hours

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As in most Agatha Christie mysteries, there is a gathering at The Hollow, the home of a wealthy English couple. Most of the people there are related in one way or another to the host couple, the Angkatells. One of the guests, Dr. Christow, is married to Gerda but is carrying on an affair with another guest named Henrietta. The Angkatells' neighbor turns out to be a woman who was engaged to marry Dr. Christow, but who broke up with him before the wedding was performed. Dr. Christow is interested in women, but his main focus seems to be on his work, in which he is researching a rare disease. Not surprisingly, Christow is the victim of murder, and his wife Gerda is found standing over him with a gun. Hercule Poirot is a guest at the home and comes upon the scene shortly after the murder. Upon further investigation, it is discovered that the gun in Gerda's hand was not used in the murder. Which of the remaining guests had a motive? The police investigator goes chasing after red herrings while Poirot uses his little grey cells and succeeds in finding the murderer. This is typical Agatha Christie, with the usual fascinating twist at the end.

This isn't actually a review, but I thought I might mention that "Murder After Hours" is the old American title of "The Hollow." "The Hollow" is in print. So, for those of you interested in buying "Murder After Hours," just search for "The Hollow."

This was a good book, but it started our really slow, and wasn't very exciting until near the end. I would reccommend this book to high level readers, because lower level readers might have trouble reading it.