Appointment with Death
- 224
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- Film 1988 +1
- On screen
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Our view
“Appointment with Death” is a Poirot novel whose strength is its family: a household held down for years by a cruel, domineering mother. Christie gives the first half to these people and only then brings in Poirot, who means to settle the case within twenty-four hours. Petra makes a vivid setting, the clues are laid out fairly and the characters have more layers than first appears; some readers place it just below her best.
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About the book
Appointment with Death is a mystery novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 May 1938 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.
Reading order · canon of Hercule Poirot
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On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 2 times — from 1988 to 2008.
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 175 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 54% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 16 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 159 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is Appointment with Death?
It has 224 pages — shorter than 95% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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