Death Date

I finished reading this book in one day, and this arrangement of doubtful points is the most interesting. Everyone is suspicious, and everyone has every motive for killing the old lady. Especially the young people in the Boynton family. I was confused until the truth came out. I still felt in the clouds and doubted everyone in the Boynton family. I even imagined that the old lady suddenly had a conscience and acquiesced to her own murder, because many of the previous restrictions were unlikely to be Zisha. But I never thought the truth would turn out! ! When I saw the beginning of Poirot's talk about how to reveal the truth, I had no idea. Although I felt that the Boynton brothers and sisters were very suspicious, it would only be a difficult proof question in a detective novel, otherwise it would be too boring. But it was obviously not going to happen so fast, so I passed. Then! I never expected to be in such a situation, where everyone is suspected, but everyone seems to be innocent, because everyone behaves in a manner that is as covert as telling a lie, as if they know who the criminal is in their heart, but are trying to cover up the crime for the criminal, although in fact they may not know who the criminal is. Especially the most obvious contradictory statements about time by Sarah and Lennox, but in the end Poirot proved them innocent one by one. From the very beginning, Poirot was reasoning by elimination, starting from proving the family's innocence! This leads to the conclusion proposed by Poirot in the middle and late stages of the discussion, that outsiders committed the crime. He then conducted reverse verification to rule out Dr. Gerard, and then very smoothly pointed the finger at Miss Pierce, and finally passed the baton to the noble lady, who had always been able to talk about Poirot's conversations without being surprised. These few small points of attention that reveal the identity of the murderer are very interesting, which is what Poirot also said at the end, the lady said too much. There is also the suspense that unfolds in the first half of the house: "I never forget. Remember this. I never forget anything, any action, a name, a face." Including the fact that the old lady was originally a prison guard, I always thought it was emphasized to reflect her morbid character, but I didn't expect it to be related to the Jazz Lady's criminal record? ! Really wonderful! ! But in the end, the countess also turned purple. Fortunately, this sin-fearing Zisha didn't kill innocent people. In addition, the book even includes references to two of the mystery queen's own books, the most famous of which are "Murder on the Orient Express" and "The ABC Murders". "Murder on the Orient Express", like this book, is about a group of good people trying to kill a bad guy. It's just that in the former, the group of people seemed to have nothing to do with the deceased, but in the end they killed him together; in the latter, the group of people seemed to have a motive to kill the deceased, but in the end the murderer turned out to be a person who seemed to have no motive. This is true in many of Agatha Christie's books, where the motivation is the mystery. However, many motives are hidden in places that are not easy to detect. We need to find the contradictory threads from very small places little by little, and finally connect them together to find the motives and deduce the truth. Also about Dr. Gerard's "dream" and the talk of the old lady throwing a tantrum at a servant and waving her cane, including the countess going to talk to her with only a haughty snort. These are very interesting and crucial. An Arab servant. This doubt is obviously obvious, and it has been guided so clearly, but I am still struggling with the issue of time [face covering]

To be honest, after reading so many of my grandma's novels, although many of the murderers were unexpected, this murderer really shocked me (or rather confused me!) Of course, Granny really gave readers few clues this time, but in addition to the magical tricks, mystery novels that give you clear clues (although there are a lot of smoke bombs) and the final reversal of the plot still make me feel very good and worth recommending.

Sure enough, grandma will not separate young lovers🤣, but at the end, it felt a bit forced and the couple was stunned.

The character analysis of the protagonist is very good, the psychological description is very good, the complex relationships and emotional entanglements between the characters are intriguing, and the murderer is not thought of until the end. The ending of the story is surprising

Very exciting. There is an Easter egg in the last paragraph about who is with whom. Didn't you expect it to be so "balanced"? In my imagination, the eldest son and his wife must be together, and the second son and Jin are also together. Jin and the eldest daughter will have a very good sister-in-law relationship. The younger daughter will become an actress but there is no need to be with the doctor, right? The most incomprehensible thing is why Na's suitor is with Carol (I don't know if this easter egg is real)

Well, until I read the last few pages, I don't even know who the murderer is [laughing and crying]

I especially like Poirot in the book. I was impressed by his wit and insight. The Boynton family in the story is also very interesting, their relationship is complex and mysterious. Moreover, the description of the death scene in the book is very detailed, making me feel like I was at the scene of the crime. I think this book is not only a mystery novel, but also made me think more deeply about human nature and family.

Guessing the wrong murderer, I always suspected that the doctor was pretending to be ill. .

Grandma's trick is so powerful, but she didn't guess the murderer [face covering]

I really didn't expect the murderer to be this person! But I'm glad it wasn't any of those poor souls and they were finally free!

It's a very good book. It's already the second time. The story is compact and wonderful. It's much more interesting than reading the lukewarm novels nowadays.