One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, Agatha Christie
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, Agatha Christie
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Author: Agatha Christie

Narrator: Hugh Fraser

Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/03/2012


Synopsis

The meticulous detective Hercule Poirot suspects the worst of the death of a dentist in this classic mystery by Queen of Whodunits, Agatha Christie.Even the great detective Hercule Poirot harbored a deep and abiding fear of the dentist, so it was with some trepidation that he arrived at the celebrated Dr. Morley’s surgery for a dental examination. But what neither of them knew was that only hours later Poirot would be back to examine the dentist, found dead in his own surgery.Turning to the other patients for answers, Poirot finds other, darker, questions.…

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 September 28, 2022

A dentist commits suicide after accidentally giving a fatal dose of drugs to one of his patients, only a few hours after filling Poirot's cavities. Is that really what happened? The little detective isn't convinced. Christie liked to use children's nursery rhymes to give a bit of menace to some of her......more

Goodreads review by Baba on September 24, 2022

Hercule Poirot, book #23 sees Poirot unconvinced of the cut and dried assertion by Inspector Japp of a suicide at the dentist, and as a result uncovers a multi-layered conspiracy and something more deadly! Great case. 7 out of 12 2013 read......more

Goodreads review by Flo on March 14, 2025

[4.0⭐] 𝙇𝙖 𝙢𝙪𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙖 𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖 es una novela de misterio escrita por Agatha Christie y publicada en 1940. La trama comienza con una visita de rutina de Hércules Poirot a su dentista, el Dr. Morley, pero pronto se convierte en un caso complicado cuando el dentista es encontrado muerto, aparentem......more

Goodreads review by Ahmad on September 17, 2020

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe = The Patriotic Murders = An Overdose of Death (Hercule Poirot #23), Agatha Christie One, Two, Buckle My Shoe is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie first published in the United Kingdom in November 1940, in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1941 under t......more

Goodreads review by Gabriel on August 07, 2022

Directo a mi corta lista negra de libros que fueron un NO rotundo con Christie. Hay que ser sincero, no es el libro, soy yo. Sin embargo, considero personalmente que aunque el libro no me gustó es de los casos más flojillos de Poirot. Igual, vamos a dejarlo en que no fue para mí porque tiene todas la......more