Part of Hercule Poirot, book 11
First published 1984
When Sir Charles Cartwright gathers thirteen guests for a dinner party, the night takes a dark turn. One of the guests is found dead, choked by a cocktail laced with no trace of poison. Hercule Poirot, the renowned detective, is baffled - there seems to be no motive for the murder. As he delves into the lives and secrets of the guests, the body count begins to rise. Can Poirot uncover the truth before the killer strikes again?
Genres: 20th-century, mystery, crime, thriller, detective, mystery-thriller
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: murder-investigation, unreliable-narrator
Setting: England, Ying Guo
Period: Xian Dai
175 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Popular Library