Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41) by Agatha Christie-259 pages
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This is our next Book to Movie Club selection. The movie based on the book is called "A Haunting in Venice." A young girl, Joyce Reynolds, is drowned in a tub of apples (for bobbing for apples) at a Halloween party. Hercule Poirot's author friend, Ariadne Oliver, who was at the party asks him to investigate the murder. This book is a bit meandering and unfocused. It is definitely not Agatha Christie's best work. It does pick up a bit near the end, though. The ending does pretty much wrap things up and tie all the ends together, but I am still not fully satisfied with it. I actually like the movie better, perhaps because the story is different and more focused.
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