The Murder on the Links was the May selection for #ReadChristie2022. The theme of the month was “A Story Set in Europe.” Murder on the Links is set in France and is one of Christie’s first novels published in 1923.
Hercule Poirot and his friend Captain Hasting are off
to France in this novel to meet a client.
They arrive too late as their client has recently been murdered when
they arrive. There are many suspects
for this crime. Poirot’s French nemesis,
Monsieur Giraud, is also on the scene investigating and he likes to spend a lot
of time mocking Poirot.
The Murder on the Links unfortunately was not my favorite
Christie novel. There were many red
herrings at the end. I was annoyed. I
also HATED the romance in this novel. Sidekick
Hastings acts like an idiot. He falls in
love at first sight with a young lady and because of this love he acts in a
very idiotic way making many questionable decisions. For someone that has been working with Poirot
on solving mysteries, it seemed very odd.
It also had an “ick” factor to it with what I thought of as an older man
chasing after a very young woman.
Overall, The Murder on the Links was an okay story that I do
not need to read again.
Book Source:
Purchased on Amazon.com for my Kindle.
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