AN OVERDOSE OF DEATH
Written by: Agatha Christie
Sharp, quick-witted prose with an excellent protagonist. An overdose of death is not the first Christie book I have read, but it is the first I have read in an extremely long time. She has a style of writing which can’t be mistaken for anyone else.
It’s hard to explain what this book is about but I will try my best because the plot is exceptionally weaved and deceptive. Hercule Poirot is a private eye who is investigating the suicide of a dentist. Poirot doesn’t believe it’s a suicide. He believes from the very beginning that the dentist has been murdered, most likely by one of his patients. There are five or six patients in question, and Poirot is knocking on doors and asking questions when one of the suspects mysteriously dies. Shortly after that, another one of the suspects disappears. Poirot finds himself chasing his tail trying to figure out what happened to the dentist and his two suspects.
I don’t want to say anymore because I might give away some of the plots and I don’t want to spoil the rest in case anyone gives it a read. The one thing I didn’t like about the book was that it lacked basic description. It was a good mystery, and I admit that it fooled me with the red herring, in part. I did figure out some of the mystery. As I said, it’s weaved and deceptive. There is a lot to figure out, and I missed some.
It’s a small book, and one could feasibly read it in a matter of a few days. 7/10 is the best I can offer. If it had some better description and more detail of the characters, I think it would have been much better.
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