In this mystery involving both Hercule Poirot and his sidekick Captain Hastings, Lord Edgware is murdered, but the prime suspect has an alibi. Lord Edgware is singularly unlikable, so there are many who might be potential murderers, and Hercule Poirot must sift through all of the competing possibilities to arrive at the true culprit. Without giving anything away, I will say that this is (so far) one of only two Christie mysteries that I figured out along the way. In this case, the culprit seemed obvious, along with the general method, although the specifics of how it was carried out needed Poirot's explanation. As usual, this was an enjoyable read, although, as with earlier books, there is a fair amount of anti-semitism and racism evident, through the use of slurs and stereotypes. While not necessarily unusual for 1933, it's a little jarring these days. As I move through my project to read all of Christie's mysteries in chronological order, I'll be curious to see how her writing changed with the approach to WWII and its aftermath.
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