Monday Night Murder

[evelyn_b]

"I do not play games. You know that. Murder is not a game. It is serious. And anyway, Hastings, you should not use that phrase -- playing the game. It is not said anymore. I have discovered that. It is dead. Young people laugh when they hear it. Mais oui, young beautiful girls will laugh at you if you say 'playing the game' and 'not cricket.'"
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Comments

[liadtbunny]

Lol, yeah, murderer you're in 'Poirot' not 'Columbo':D It is the most obvious that Hercule Poirot could not be anything less than the greatest solver of mysteries.

[evelyn_b]

Hah! The murderer would have made the same complaint if it were Columbo. "Why did you act all nice and sloppy and forgetful, if you were just going to arrest me for murder all along??? :("

Poirot's appearance might encourage underestimation, but it's not for want of him telling you exactly who he is and what he's about to do. If you don't take him at his word, you've got no one but yourself to blame.

(Poirot's self-esteem probably has an obfuscating function, come to think of it. You don't necessarily expect the guy who is blissfully confident in his status as THE GREATEST LIVING to actually be good at what he does. Reverse Dunning-Kruger effect?)

[liadtbunny]

Poirot's detecting skills are so great no mortal mind can handle the knowledge. OK, murderer, I'm with you, no fair!(!)

[heliopausa]

Isn't that galling, to lose a goodish lump of sparkling and insightful criticism to a temperamental computer! I'll look eagerly tomorrow morning to see if it's here.

I've resisted as advised the Lord Edgeware Dies spoiler, and will wait till I can read the book.

[evelyn_b]

I probably won't get to it until next Monday! It was mostly just elaborating on things I'd already said - and it serves me right for typing things directly into the update box, anyway.

Lord Edgeware Dies is well worth reading! The murder plot almost succeeds, but not quite. The reason it doesn't is maybe a little too convenient for this otherwise perfect crime, but I don't mind. And the killer is a type that Christie seems to like a lot, which I'm becoming very fond of as well. I hope you enjoy it!

[scripsi]

Whenever Christie describes clothes, apart from describing someone the first time, one's ears should awlas perk up. It's almost Always An Important Clue. :)

[evelyn_b]

I'll try to remember! :D