The Murder on the Links
1923 Poirot novel by Agatha Christie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Murder on the Links is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead & Co[1][2] in March 1923, and in the UK by The Bodley Head in May of the same year.[3] It is the second novel featuring Hercule Poirot and Arthur Hastings. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6),[3] and the US edition at $1.75.[2]
Author | Agatha Christie |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Hercule Poirot |
Genre | Crime novel |
Publisher | The Bodley Head |
Publication date | 1923 |
Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
Pages | 298 (first edition hardcover) |
Preceded by | The Mysterious Affair at Styles |
Followed by | Poirot Investigates |
Text | The Murder on the Links at Wikisource |
The story takes place in northern France, giving Poirot a hostile competitor from the Paris Sûreté. Poirot's long memory for past or similar crimes proves useful in resolving the crimes. The book is notable for a subplot in which Hastings falls in love, a development "greatly desired on Agatha's part... parcelling off Hastings to wedded bliss in the Argentine."[4]
Reviews when it was published compared Mrs Christie favourably to Arthur Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Remarking on Poirot, still a new character, one reviewer said he was "a pleasant contrast to most of his lurid competitors; and one even suspects a touch of satire in him."