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Four solid but generally unremarkable short mystery stories, also published in the US under the title Dead Man's Mirror. There are murders disguised as suicides and vice versa, stolen military documents (in one of author Agatha Christie's rare moments of letting real-world political developments inform her writing), and a weird beach holiday where Poirot predicts that someone might end up killed but makes little effort to stop it. This deep into his series, I need clever twists on the familiar formulas to really wow me, and this is largely paint-by-numbers detective work instead. It's hardly the worst of its lot, but it's probably not a book I'd particularly recommend, either.

[Content warning for homophobia, sexism, and ethnic slurs.]

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yaboiellis's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

raelovestoread's review against another edition

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4.0

Another fantastic Poirot collection.

These four stories were Murder in the Mews, The Incredible Theft, Dead Man's Mirror, & Triangle at Rhodes.

Interestingly, I really enjoyed The Incredible Theft, because unlike the others, I wasn't overly familiar with the TV adaptation. Our family tend to avoid the ones about kidnapping the prime minister or stealing submarine plans etc, so I got to read it with relatively fresh eyes.

Good stuff.