After the Funeral
- 244
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Agatha Christie grips from the opening pages of “After the Funeral” and saves a real surprise for the end. Some readers praise the plotting and the characters, and find the culprit hard to guess. Others find the middle padded, with the inquiry treading water before the revelation. Some of those who enjoy it are bothered by what they see as sexism in the book. A solid choice among the Poirot novels.
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About the book
After the Funeral is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1953 under the title Funerals are Fatal and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on 18 May of the same year under Christie's original title. The US edition retailed at $2.50 and the UK edition at ten shillings and sixpence (10/6).
Reading order · canon of Hercule Poirot
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 117 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 44% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 19 | 16% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 98 | 84% |
Frequently asked
How long is After the Funeral?
It has 244 pages — shorter than 91% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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