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    One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
    One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
    One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition
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    One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

    Written by Agatha Christie

    Narrated by Hugh Fraser

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    The meticulous detective Hercule Poirot suspects the worst of the death of a dentist in this classic mystery by Queen of Whodunits, Agatha Christie.

    Even the great detective Hercule Poirot harbored a deep and abiding fear of the dentist, so it was with some trepidation that he arrived at the celebrated Dr. Morley’s surgery for a dental examination. But what neither of them knew was that only hours later Poirot would be back to examine the dentist, found dead in his own surgery.

    Turning to the other patients for answers, Poirot finds other, darker, questions.…

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateJul 3, 2012
    ISBN9780062231581
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    Agatha Christie

    Agatha Christie is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English with another billion in over 70 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 20 plays, and six novels written under the name of Mary Westmacott.

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    • 5/5
      This was a very good story. The characters were interesting as usual and Fraser did his usual good job
    • 5/5
      A delightful trio of novels, very much in the Georgette Heyer style. If you are tired of foul language, sex in every page and evil characters, this is the author for you. Highly recommended.
    • 3/5
      The death of Poirot’s dentist reunites him with Inspector Japp for one final investigation together.

      An unusually bleak foray for Dame Agatha, coinciding with the onset of World War II, and investigating conflicts between conservatism and communism. It’s not always subtle, nor brilliant, but it’s an interesting step for Christie. However, "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" is neither particularly eye-catching nor, for that matter, unpredictable… at least in the murder mystery elements. Poirot – who starts the book the victim of some very gleeful humour regarding his fear of dentists – is forced to face his own conscience, and the resulting dilemma is very well articulated. (Perhaps needless to say, at the point, the eponymous nursery rhyme ain’t all that important. It was a useful gambit around which Christie could set a story, but often ended in nought.)

      Is there anything terrible about this novel? No, not in the least. It’s readable, and Japp puts in a strong performance. The David Suchet adaptation – while not my personal favourite – was the series’ first real foray into bleakness, and plays it well.

      [US readers - lucky you - got not one but two alternative titles for this book: The Patriotic Murders and An Overdose of Death.]

      Poirot ranking: 27th out of 38
    • 4/5
      Short and amusing, a bit confusing at times. As always, the final twist was unnecessary.
    • 3/5
      This is a very complicated plot with lots of red herrings and possible or implausible espionage plots. But I enjoyed both Poirot’s stubbornness in seeing a murder that else believes is suicide and the reveal of the killer.
    • 5/5
      Another overlooked masterpiece by the master of character and plot.
    • 5/5
      A story about espionage and subterfuge with a surprising twist at the end, superbly read by Hugh Fraser.
    • 3/5
      Ingenuity that shades at times into implausibility, but Christie's overall political sentiments are interestingly reflected, as in a glass darkly (to reference one of her more famous short stories).
    • 5/5
      As always you can never stop feeling the suspense and thrill when reading any of Aghathas Books.
    • 4/5
      Typical Agatha Christie - no way to solve the crime by the reader. Love the surprise.
    • 3/5
      One, Two, Buckle my shoe by Agatha Christie - Good

      Waiting on a bookray to arrive, I needed a quick, relatively undemanding, read - especially after wading through 700 pages of Dominion! Of course, I turn to Agatha Christie.

      Not much left to say really, you all know I love her books. They are my favourite 'go to' - despite the TV adaptations, there is enough that's different to make you read to the end.

      Perfect cosy (crime) read.
    • 4/5
      A fairly standard mid-period Poirot, where the death of a suburban dentist proves to be not suicide but murder, and there are plenty of supsects and red herrings for the little Belgian to untangle. Interesting twist regarding the morality of murder and who is actually on the side of the angels (not quite what you would expect). Enjoyable.
    • 3/5
      Radio adaptation: Poirot’s dentist appears to have committed suicide. More than usual convoluted plot. Didn’t feel enough info was given that I could have solved the puzzle. Bah humbug.
    • 4/5
      Excellent with twists and turns.
    • 3/5
      A bit of an over-complex plot, with too many rather two-dimensional character, in my view. Poirot is central, and we see his viewpoint right from the start; he is always good value. But I didn't much care about any of the possible perpetrators of the inevitable crime. I doubt if I could have come up with the actual person or the events as they eventually unroll, but I didn't have any strong feelings about anyone. Not a bad book, and I found it hard to put down in the final chapters, but not one of my favourites.
    • 3/5
      At first she charms me with her dry, simple style of storytelling. By the middle I am just trudging through. After reading the end I wonder how she got away with such absurdities. In this case she seems to have forgotten what she was trying to do with her Raikes character.
    • 4/5
      Another entirely enjoyable entry in the Poirot series. So many red herrings, as always, and an unguessable mystery, again as usual.
    • 3/5
      Book on CD read by Hugh Fraser.Even Hercule Poirot hates to go to the dentist, but a toothache requires attention, so he visits Dr Morley’s offices. A few hours after leaving, he is called back to the dentist’s surgery – to examine the body of the dentist, an apparent suicide. But as Poirot begins to interview the other patients who also visited the dentist that same morning, he finds more questions than answers. Christie always delivers a well-constructed plot, with plenty of red herrings to keep the reader guessing. While I did catch on to a few of the tricks, I didn’t figure out the real culprit until Poirot revealed the answer. Bravo!Hugh Fraser does a fine job performing the audio. He plays Hastings in the BBC series, but he’s definitely up to the task of voicing Hercule Poirot and the many other characters.
    • 3/5
      The dentist is found dead in his offices after M. Poirot leaves the office..... Suicide or murder?M. Poirot knows who was in the waiting room, he knows who he saw leaving & arriving..... One waiting was a very important government finance minister, that many would like out of the way. Is it possible he was the intended victim?Or did the dentist really kill himself in chagrin for the one who was poisoned by Novocaine? One arriving, loses a buckle on her shoe (which M. Poirot gallantly retrieves) and is later found dead in a fur trunk with her face bashed in....Interesting, but I hadn't a clue.
    • 3/5
      Hercule Poirot is determined to prove that his friendly dentist did not commit suicide. Poirot had had an appointment with him on the very day he died. This gives him an advantage to solve the mystery. Crafted as only Agatha Christie could, this mystery does not disappoint.
    • 4/5
      I thoroughly enjoyed One Two Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie. The author used her little grey cells in this whodunit to fit each chapter into the next line of the nursery rhyme and delivered a coherent and tantalizing mystery. This is Hercule Poirot at his most secretive as he pieces the clues together and never lets us lowly reader into his thought processes. I don’t even try to solve these mysteries, I simply turn the pages and absorb the old-fashioned British atmosphere, the quaint characters and in this case, the slightly over-the-top mystery. This cryptic mystery starts with Hercule Poirot visiting his dentist, a dentist that is all too soon to be found dead. The suspects are limited, but motive is almost non-existent so this murder gets filed away as a suicide, but that verdict does not sit well with M. Poirot and he keeps puzzling away until he has found the answer.I always look forward to reading an Agatha Christie, and this one really hit the spot for me. Lots of red herrings, a few strange twists and the oh-so-superior Hercule Poirot made One Two Buckle My Shoe a very good read for me.
    • 2/5
      A low-end effort from Dane Agatha: unconvincing red herrings, no likable characters, and B-movie spy stuff.
    • 4/5
      This is definitely one of Christie's more entertaining mysteries. Poirot's dentist winds up dead shortly after the great detective's visit. This is followed by the death of a Greek aristocrat and an unidentified woman, all of whom visited the dentist that day. We add to this a whiff of communist conspiracy and a banking magnate whose life is in danger. Poirot has to chase down multiple murders and multiple unclear identities. I figured out the culprit, but not the how or the why. As the best mysteries do, this one kept me riveted, and had numerous twists and turns. One of Christie's best.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this and even though the conclusion was extremely far-fetched (and I'd more or les guessed the motive), I was pleasantly surprised by the moral dilemna Poirot faces at the very end. Interesting novel, shame it's not more well-known.
    • 4/5
      Agatha Christie is my all-time favorite mystery writer and while this may not be my all-time favorite Agatha Christie mystery, it is still quite wonderful.Poirot has a dental appointment, which he dreads as much as us ordinary humans do, and finds out later that his dentist was found dead shortly after he saw him. It is presumed to be suicide at first but of course it isn't. There is no shortage of suspects since there was a waiting room full of patients, including one of the most influential bankers in England. Poirot does his usual cerebral job of solving one of the most convoluted crimes in his career.While this book has a complex mystery, the more interesting part to me was it's relation to it's time period. It was published in 1941 and times were tumultuous. It's clear through the writing that there was a lot of fear and change in the air. There was a lot of talk of bringing down the old ways of doing things and the need for revolution. This story probably reflects the feeling of the times very well. It feels less cozy and warm than some of her other novels and that's probably why it's a four star rather than a five star book but she's still the queen and I'm happy to read any of her books anytime.
    • 4/5
      An underestimated masterpiece. Clever as some of her best, but often overlooked.
    • 4/5
      A book that I've read before, but only in French. I chose to re read it again because I had forgotten much of it. As I read, I remembered part of the plot, but my enjoyment remained undiminished. As for my admiration for Mrs Christie, it stayed high, and grew in fact, despite the fact that part of the subterfuge was borrowed from The Mystery Of The Blue Train. Christie's books - most of them, and there are many of them - were built for one thing...to impart the love of reading to budding readers, and to rekindle enthusiasm for the passion among older readers. To books! The cause of and solution to all of life's problems.
    • 3/5
      Poirot.
      An absolutely favorite character.
      I always see David Suchet - but he's the absolute best in portraying Poirot.
      Never disappointed in Agatha.
      Read in 2009hhhhhh
    • 3/5
      i love agatha cristie novels..
      but there is some technical points ....as a dentist..
      to give Anaesthesia there is techniques so, only a dentist can give it to be sure that the Anaesthesia works.otherwise it fails...
      and to cure the tooth and make filling is not something that the killer can pretend to do while the real dentist was already dead...
      also one cant die from adrenaline and novocain given in dental dose as Anaesthesia.....as the greek man was killed in this novel...
      so the novel is good exept in this point..
    • 4/5
      Like many people, Hercule Poirot dreaded his appointment with his dentist. “There was in his heart a ridiculous hope that Mr. Morley might have been called away, might be indisposed, might not be seeing patients to-day...All in vain.” Poirot's dentist kept his appointment – one of his last, as it turned out. His body was discovered later that afternoon with the pistol with which it was presumed he took his own life. Poirot wasn't satisfied with the coroner's verdict of suicide, especially when the bodies of first one, then another of the dentist's last patients are discovered. Why was the dentist murdered, and who wanted him dead? Is there another intended victim?The dental office setting is a fun twist on the English country house murder. The suspects are patients, colleagues, and employees rather than the usual family members, guests, and servants. The counting rhyme of the title is a plot device. Each line of the rhyme is connected in some way to the action in that chapter. Christie doesn't often refer to Poirot's earlier cases so it was fun when a couple of them popped up in this book. Finally, there was a surprise twist at the end of the story that not even Poirot foresaw!