Five Little Pigs, Agatha Christie
Five Little Pigs, Agatha Christie
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Five Little Pigs
A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Hugh Fraser

Unabridged: 6 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/03/2012


Synopsis

In Agatha Christie’s classic, Five Little Pigs, beloved detective Hercule Poirot races to solve a case from out of the past.Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other “little pigs” who could have done it: Philip Blake (the stockbroker), who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist), who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcée), who had her roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess), who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister), who cried all the way home.Sixteen years later, Caroline’s daughter is determined to prove her mother’s innocence, and Poirot just can’t get that nursery rhyme out of his mind.

About Agatha Christie

What a daunting task to write about the most famous mystery writer, Agatha Christie. She was born in 1890 in England, where she was home schooled by her American father. It was an unusual way to be educated for the times. Her father did not want her to begin learning to read until age eight, but out of boredom, she taught herself to read by age five.

In his research, Curran found a plethora of information about Agatha. He outlines many of those interesting facts. Since there are so many, just a few will be mentioned here. Agatha could have been an excellent performer as a pianist, but she was much too shy to perform. She once had three plays running simultaneously in London. She traveled around the world in 1922, which would have been quite a feat back then. Agatha loved dogs. She has a rose named after her. She never did drink alcohol nor smoked. Her last public appearance was in 1974, at the premier of the movie, Murder on the Orient Express. Agatha Christie's name has appeared every day for 53 years in every newspaper with a West End London theatre listing. Her favorite flower was Lily of the Valley. The information about this illustrious author goes on and on. It is a great asset to readers that author John Curran wrote the definitive book about an iconic author. One other interesting fact was that Agatha met Archie Christie in 1912, married on Christmas Eve 1914, spending their honeymoon at The Grand Hotel in Torquay, but Archie returned to France on Dec 27th due to the War. Agatha and Archie fid not really experience married life until he was posted at the London War Office. Agatha has been quoted as saying only then did she feel that her married life truly began.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne on February 04, 2025

Poirot re-opens a murder case that everyone assumes has been solved. And solves it for real. Because of course he does! But don't let the title get your hopes up, there are no pigs in this story. Years ago, a famous and talented artist had an affair with the beautiful subject of one of his paintings. T......more

Goodreads review by Luffy Sempai on July 26, 2017

The best thing that can be said about this book is that you get a lot of Poirot. He is present in almost every page where there are no notes that had been written by the characters. We are privy to his thoughts. Not only that, but the Poirot we see is almost human. He is normal, foreign, but normal.......more

Goodreads review by Flo on April 18, 2025

[3.4⭐] 𝘾𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙤 𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙨 es una novela detectivesca escrita por Agatha Christie y publicada en 1942. En esta historia nos encontramos con un caso singular que rompe con el patrón habitual de los crímenes en tiempo presente: Hércules Poirot es contactado por Carla Lemarchant, una joven que busca limpiar......more

Goodreads review by Rodrigo on February 19, 2022

Maldita sea Agatha! Deja de hacerme sentir tan tonto 😂 Es innegable el talento de Agatha Christie, con casa novela recuerdo lo original que es para traer casos a las páginas. Hercules Poirot se va encaminando a ser uno de mis personajes favoritos por lo increíble que es. Uno creería que la gran cantid......more

Goodreads review by James on September 17, 2019

Five Little Pigs is the 25th book in the Hercule Poirot series by Dame Agatha Christie. My friend Medhat reminded me that Christie's birthday was this month, so we agreed to read a few of her books together. I've probably finished at least 50% of her novels and usually read them out of order (a rari......more