Cat Among the Pigeons
- 256
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Murder at a school, with espionage stirred in: “Cat Among the Pigeons” stands a little apart among the Poirot novels. Some readers enjoy the atmosphere, the characters and a final explanation that is brisk for once; others find the crowd of characters in the opening chapters confusing or guess the solution well ahead. Poirot himself, some readers note, arrives only in the second half.
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About the book
Cat Among the Pigeons is a mystery novel by Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 November 1959, and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1960 with a copyright date of 1959. The UK edition retailed at twelve shillings and sixpence (12/6), and the US edition at $2.95.
Reading order · canon of Hercule Poirot
Full order & progress →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 147 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 50% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 15 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 132 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is Cat Among the Pigeons?
It has 256 pages — shorter than 91% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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