![]() ![]() ![]() A Canadian critic called it a disappointment but remarked that Christie is allowed a few of those, describing both Poirot and the book as "weary". Though disbelieved by those around her, the girl herself is drowned in an apple-bobbing bucket and Poirot must solve a two-pronged mystery: who killed the girl, and what if anything did she witness?Ĭontemporaneous reviews were largely negative, though tempered by an appreciation of Christie's advanced years. ![]() A girl at the party claims to have witnessed a murder, which at the time she was too young to realize was such. The novel features Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and the mystery novelist Ariadne Oliver, who begins the novel in attendance at a Hallowe'en party. In preparation for decimalisation on 15 February 1971, it was also priced on the dustjacket at £1.25. The UK edition retailed for twenty-five shillings. ![]() Hallowe'en Party is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November 1969 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. ![]()
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