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The Hollow: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Mystery Masters Series)
by Agatha Christie (Narrator: Hugh Fraser)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Mystery Masters (2004-09)
ISBN: 1572704055
EAN: 9781572704053
Dewy Decimal #: 823.912
Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
SKU: 071130029
Condition: New
Comments: 1572704055 New, never opened. New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Book Description
Hercule Poirot arrives at The Hollow for a weekend luncheon just in time to see Gerda Christow standing, revolver in hand, over the body of her husband. It seems obvious that she has killed her wayward spouse, but Poirot doesn't believe things are that simple. What does Christow's death have to do with his current and former lovers, both of whom are nearby? What secrets are the weekend guests hiding in this case of love, deceit, mystery, and death?
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Download Description
"E-book exclusive extras: 1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on The Hollow; 2) ""The Poirots"": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective."
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Customer Reviews
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Poirot seemed like a minor character...
Rating  (4)
Date: 2008-05-17
This book made me want to read Christie's Mary Westmacott novels. I say this because even though this is a Poirot novel, Poirot is a minor character. The main focus of this book is to develop the characters of a very interesting family. I felt that the mystery came in second place to character development. For instance, I very quickly guessed who the murderer was and it turned out I was right. However, I still enjoyed the book and couldn't put it down due to the interesting people. Now I am convinced that I would enjoy reading a Christie novel even if it is NOT a mystery!
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WILL SOMEONE LET THE WOMAN SPEAK?
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-05-02
What "improvements" have been made for the Berkley edition? There are already major differences in punctuation, word choices, and scene breaks between the original Collins and Dodd Mead editions of this novel. There are further differences between the Dodd Mead editions republished by Random House/Avenel and the Dodd Mead editions republished by Simon & Shuster/Pocket. There are further differences still in the Signet, Bantam, and Black Dog & Leventhal editions. For every publishing house putting out her works, there seem to be a new batch of editors altering Agatha Christie's words and the sound of her voice. What's the matter with these publishers? Whose voice do they think we want to hear when we sit down to a novel by Agatha Christie? And what will she sound like twenty years from now? It's frightening that her estate has failed to see the importance of guarding her words as she wrote them. Please tell me I'm not the only one here who senses that a crime has been committed.
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Agatha Christie Is Brilliant, But What Motivated Her?
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-03-11
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Agatha Christie is brilliant, no two ways around it. This story is seamless, insightful into human nature, fast-paced, and spicy - a worthwhile mystery.
There was one part I particularly liked near the end of book, in which Agatha Christie spoke philosophically about how people who have ultra-inquiring, scientific minds need to know the truth of things. Her character Poirot is one of those people - getting to the truth is his passion. Presumably Agatha Christie herself is one of those people too.
My question, however: What motivated her to write murder mysteries? Granted, they're fun to read for light background entertainment, and she's a master of a genre, but why did she tackle it repeatedly for decades?
I can't help but suspect that she had buried rage, perhaps a buried desire to pull off a symbolic or real murder of some sort (at her abusive parents of childhood?). Agatha Christie is fascinated by motives...and too bad she didn't reveal her own.
I understand she didn't write an autobiography. I wonder what she was hiding. The little I've read about her suggests there was a lot...
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Needed more Poirot
Rating (4)
Date: 2007-09-20
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
The book starts a bit slow as it gives background and insight into the personality of all the main characters. It turned out to be necessary and worth it, but at the time I felt it slowed down the book. That's partially my fault, as I prefer to get Poirot introduced as early as possible. The characters were fairly complex and some highly quirky (in a good way). The story is seen from the perspective of the different characters as things unfold, giving you more insight into their personalities and motives. This goes more deeply into the personalties of the characters than most of her other books that I have read. Unfortunately that left little room for Hercule Poirot. He actually had very little to do with the story. He was not brought on to investigate the case, he was just a neighbor. We see very little of the actual investigation and that was mostly from the perspective of the police inspector. Poirot was just the neighbor they talked to from time to time. about the case. A good story but a bit disappointing for this Poirot fan.
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book review
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-08-12
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I've read a lot of Agatha Christie's books. This is one of the best ones. A lot of psychological details
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