Cards on the Table

by Agatha Christie

Part of Hercule Poirot, book 15

First published 1987

Legendary detective Hercule Poirot is invited to a high-stakes game of bridge, where four suspects with perfect murder alibis will battle wits. But before the first card is played, the host is found dead. Now Poirot must unravel a twisted web of secrets and lies to unmask the killer in their midst. With Scotland Yard, a famous mystery novelist, and a covert agent also at the table, the game has never been more perilous - or more deliciously clever.

Genres: 20th-century, mystery, crime, detective, mystery-thriller, agatha-christie

Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: enemies-to-allies, unreliable-narrator

Setting: England, Ying Guo

Period: Xian Dai

272 pages · Paperback · William Morrow Paperbacks

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