Ordeal by Innocence
- 253
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Ordeal by Innocence” is an absorbing Agatha Christie family mystery, where the pleasure lies in watching each character come into focus. The solution holds together, and an attentive reader may get there first without feeling cheated. The final pages divide opinion: some readers find the culprit unsatisfying or the late romances embarrassing, and certain period attitudes strike them as dated.
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About the book
Ordeal by Innocence is a mystery novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 3 November 1958 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at twelve shillings and sixpence (12/6) and the US edition at $2.95.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.0 across 80 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 35% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.0 | 80 | 100% |
Frequently asked
How long is Ordeal by Innocence?
It has 253 pages — shorter than 91% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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