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| | Cat among the Pigeons (Hercule Poirot) |  | Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 2786129
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 292
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0396088023
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN: 9780396088028
ASIN: 0396088023
Publication Date: April 1, 1986
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Condition: Excellent condition, new hardcover in new dust jacket. Tiny tear on front of dust jacket at corner. Clean and crisp.
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For the first time on CD, designed to follow the new-look series of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st century. Late one night, two teachers investigate a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while the rest of the school sleeps. There, among the lacrosse sticks, they stumble upon the body of the unpopular games mistress -- shot through the heart from point blank range. The school is thrown into chaos when the 'cat' strikes again. Unfortunately, schoolgirl Julia Upjohn knows too much. In particular, she knows that without Hercule Poirot's help, she will be the next victim...
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 Not One of Her Best October 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A longer novel than usual for Christie, "Cat Among the Pigeons" deals with international intrigue at an exclusive English girls' school. A coup in the Middle East triggers off a deadly search for missing jewels. Action converges on the school. The Special Branch and local police try to solve the string of murders among the schoolmistresses, but it takes Hercule Poirot's little grey cells to see through the disguises and subterfuge and bring all the loose ends together. The plot seemed flimsy at times and some of the attitudes expressed in the novel made it appear dated in the extreme. For a better Agatha Christie set partly in the Middle East, I would recommend They Came To Bagdad.
 Great Book August 23, 2008
I absolutly loved this book. Although Hercule Poirot doesn't come in untill closer to the end of the book, this is in my oppinion one of the best Agatha Cristie's and it will keep you guessing to the last page.
WILL SOMEONE LET THE WOMAN SPEAK? May 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Whose work are we actually reading at this point? There were already major differences in punctuation, word choices, and scene breaks between the original Collins and Dodd Mead editions of this novel. There were further differences between the Dodd Mead editions republished by Random House/Avenel and the Dodd Mead editions republished by Simon & Shuster/Pocket. There are further additions still in the recent Signet, Berkley, and Leventhal and Black editions. For every publishing house putting out her works, there seem to be a new batch of editors altering Agatha Christie's words and the sound of her voice. Here the publishers at Collins, dissatisfied with their own earlier efforts, put still more distance between author and public with a "New Ed" edition. What's the matter with these publishers? Whose voice do they think we want to hear when we sit down to a novel by Agatha Christie? And what will she sound like twenty years from now? It's frightening that her estate has failed to see the importance of guarding her words as she wrote them. Please tell me I'm not the only one here who senses that a crime has been committed.
Totally Stumped Me April 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am usually able to pick up on clues in Agatha Christie's books. This one totally stumped me. I did figure out where the jewels were hidden. I think that was pretty obvious. As to who the murderer was, I had no clue whatsoever. The setting for this book is a private girls school to which even a real princess is attending (one of the red herrings). This became so engrossing mainly because I couldn't figure it out. When the truth was revealed in the end, the choice of bad guy didn't disappoint me at all. But I was really shocked. The title of the book really fits, but I might have called it Extremely Clever and Crafty Cat Among the Pigeons.
Not Free SF Reader November 3, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
School Escape.
Cat Among the Pigeons is a mystery involving a tiny tin-pot country, revolution, and jewellery.
Poirot gets involved with an investigation at a very toffy girl's school, and he doesn't really expect to get involved in international intrigue, but it doesn't take him long to work out something odd is going on.
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