“I saw once a murder! I really did!” 13-year-old Joyce claims at the children’s Halloween party, but no one believes her, after all, she is such a liar. But after the party, Joyce is found drowned, murdered. Everyone ends up in panic but Mrs. Oliver, a detective fiction writer knows what to do; she calls her friend, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot for help.
Agatha Christie’s novel Hallowe’en Party, published in 1969, is a detective story about Hercule Poirot who tries to solve the mystery of Joyce Reynols’ death. It is difficult and everyone seems suspicious. Traces take Poirot to the past and the puzzle is slowly starting to become clear.
For a detective novel, Hallowe’en Party is very exciting story, which has thrilling twists and turns, secret romances and lies. As soon as a new suspect is discovered, somebody gets murdered and everything turns upside down again. Still in the end, when they finally reveal the murderer and the reader thinks it’s over, there is still one more left. I think that’s the best side of the book.
Old British English may be little hard to read with all the old phrases, but I think it offers much more than modern texts and it consist mostly of dialog. All characters and chit chats have been described accurately but there are told only a few things about basics, which makes text laborious to follow. At some point it feels the story didn’t proceed at all.
I think that Hercule Poirot has a magnificent personality and really is the star of the book with all his conceit and good manners but unfortunately the others were dwarfed by him and were easily forgotten. Still, I think the plot was good and the book offers a great reading experience to person who likes mysteries, excitement and unexpected turns.
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