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The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot) Mass Market Paperback – February 1, 1984

by Agatha Christie (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 15,034 ratings
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The formidable Hercule Poirot heads to the links when millionaire Monsieur Renauld turns up dead on the golf course with a long line of suspects waiting to play through, including the victim's wife, his embittered son, and his mistress, in a reissue of one of the author's classic mysteries. Reissue.
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  1. Book 2 of 39
    Hercule Poirot series
  2. Print length
    240 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    Berkley
  5. Publication date
    February 1, 1984
  6. Reading age
    18 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    4.2 x 0.68 x 6.76 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    0425067947
  9. ISBN-13
    978-0425067949
  10. Lexile measure
    730L
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley (February 1, 1984)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0425067947
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0425067949
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 730L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.2 x 0.68 x 6.76 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 15,034 ratings

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    Born in Torquay in 1890, Agatha Christie began writing during the First World War and wrote over 100 novels, plays and short story collections. She was still writing to great acclaim until her death, and her books have now sold over a billion copies in English and another billion in over 100 foreign languages. Yet Agatha Christie was always a very private person, and though Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple became household names, the Queen of Crime was a complete enigma to all but her closest friends.

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Good story. Print is micro, maybe 1/16" tall letters max- many chapters reduced to 2-3 pages. Use magnifier or get larger print version.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well Written
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2024
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A great story with a satisfactory ending. The story line will keep you guessing and the dramatic ending will make you smile.
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Anita Painitz
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book except …
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2024
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Warning: spoiler alert ahead. I thought the book, all in all, was entertaining and suspenseful. However, there was one thing that did not add up for me. There were two dead bodies, both kept in the shed days apart. Wouldn’t the police investigators and detectives have noticed that there were two bodies in the shed and would have brought it up? Wouldn’t it have been obvious that there were two bodies? No one said that either one of the bodies had been removed. It’s a weak point in the story. I’m just sayin’ …
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5.0 out of 5 stars Charming Replica Edition of Christie Classic
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2008
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This review is of this very special edition, an exact replica of the original first edition. For those of you in the dark, the actual original in this sort of condition - as if such exits - would set you back five figures - and that's in Pounds Sterling, not dollars. As a gift for a Christie devotee this is unbeatable! If you're curious about whether or not this is a good story - it is! Hercule Poirot, murders, Captain Hastings, rich aristocrats, baffling plot twists, family secrets, you know - Agatha Christie. I'm not going to spoil it with a banal plot summary. If you absolutely MUST have such a detailed plot - the review below posts an effortless no-brainer lead to such summary reviews. This review instead focuses on what makes this issue so unique as a work of printing.

An early Poirot and one of his best stories here offered in a charming facsimile edition. If you like Poirot and are unfamiliar with this one you are in for a treat, it's a top mystery. Further story and plot information can be found in the Amazon reviews of the regular issues. (See  Murder on the Links .) This review will simply discuss what makes this edition a superior alternative as book.

This is one of about twenty or so replica editions of Agatha Christie mysteries. Not all the books are first class Christie, but the various replicas - I have nine - are all quite charming, and give an extra touch of nostalgia to the experience of reading these exquisitely crafted tales.

"The Murder on the Links" is a copy of the 1923 first English edition by John Lane - the American edition of the novel came out just before, showcasing a totally different, more sinister abstract cover of a knife blade embedded in a red circle. According to her biographers Christie didn't care for the original English cover and this one as shown became the final version.

The Harper Collins facisimile nicely captures the sense for quiet understated quality of The Bodley Head publication, dark tan boards with an elegant art deco twenties design for the cover, one of those simple line drawings recalling the third stage of Roman wall paintings in their most fetching and refined linear phase. The dedication to Christie's then husband, a fellow fan of detective stories, remains: after their divorce in 1928 the dedication was removed from later editions of the novel. There are a few errors, though nothing like the whopper in "The Secret Adversary"  The Secret Adversary (Agatha Christie Facsimile Edtn)  where the original publisher accidentally repeats repeats a page! But that's all part of the charm of this series, and thankfully the mistake remains. At the price they are also rather a good deal, and certainly nothing like as expensive as some similar series of replicas. The price of the originals would of course be beyond all but the most extravagant book collectors.

This book was Christie's third; on the inside jacket is a blurb for her first novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles", also available in this series,  The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie Facsimile Edtn)  All of these editions have an additional jacket along the lower half of the book, duplicating the cover on the front and showcasing other facsimile editions on the back side.

All in all a delightful book, a hardback with nice legible print for not too much more than one of those dreadful tiny paperbacks. It should make a marvelous gift for any Christie fan.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasticly fun story
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024
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What a fun story. Great characters, a great plot full of wonderful twists and turns and a fantastic flourish of an ending. This was my favorite Peirot story so far. Wonderful!
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Kathleen K. Hunter
3.0 out of 5 stars Hercules poirot
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2024
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Print was ridiculously small.
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Allyson M. W. Dyar
4.0 out of 5 stars Murder of a Millionare
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2023
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I honestly thought this book was going to be about golf. Instead, the body was found on a golf course and there wasn't anything about golf in the book.

No biggie, but it was still a good book. I much prefer Agatha Christie's "Miss Marple" mysteries but there are many more "Hercule Poirot" which I am slowly making my way through.

Poirot and his side-kick Captain Hastings are summoned to France to attend to wealthy businessman Paul Renauld. However, rather than meeting his erstwhile employer, instead finding him stabbed in a shallow grave.

I found the book worth reading though it felt slow at times. This was the second book of Hercule Poirot, so I can excuse the rough edges. Well worth reading especially if you enjoy Dame Agatha's books.
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ZUZU Nutter
5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond our time, truly timeless
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024
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I have become absorbed by Agatha Christie. No ridiculous vampires and floating ghosts. You see the surroundings, the rooms, people and crimes. Twists and turns until the end.
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Theresa A. Guibord
5.0 out of 5 stars The book was exciting and very informative.
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2024
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Anyone who is a Agatha Christie fan. I felt there were to many twists and turns and needed to keep all the characters separate for chapters on end.
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Suzana
5.0 out of 5 stars Genial!
Reviewed in Brazil on July 30, 2023
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Um dos melhores casos de Poirot. Mistério até o finalzinho. Cheio de reviravoltas. Tem de tudo: suspense, bom humor e até romance. Adorei!
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N. Kilpatrick
5.0 out of 5 stars Great story!
Reviewed in Canada on March 3, 2022
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One of the excellent Poirot mysteries. Recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Commenti superflui
Reviewed in Italy on April 24, 2024
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Classico di Agatha Christie che non ha bisogno di presentazioni. Inglese facilissimo e scorrevole adatto anche a principianti. Tuttavia l'inglese è ovviamente datato.
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Farhad Shawkat
5.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of twists, even by Agatha Christie's standards
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2024
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One of her earliest books, and the second Poirot story. Yet already Agatha Christie establishes herself as an absolute top tier author of mystery novels. Just when you think you’ve figured out what’s going on, there’s another twist. And another. Very satisfying read.
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Kristyna M.
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
Reviewed in Germany on February 19, 2024
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It's Poirot, what else than perfection could you expect:)
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