Sad Cypress
- 240
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
- TV film 2003
- On screen
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Our view
“Sad Cypress” recasts the Poirot mystery as a courtroom drama, and the change of form suits Agatha Christie well. A case that looks settled grows knottier towards the end, readers report, and the dialogue is lively enough to play like a scene on stage. Some readers find that Poirot takes too long to appear. Christie outside her usual pattern, and none the worse for it.
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About the book
Sad Cypress is a mystery novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in March 1940 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year. The UK edition retailed at eight shillings and threepence (8/3) – the first price rise for a UK Christie edition since her 1921 debut – and the US edition retailed at $2.00.
Reading order · canon of Hercule Poirot
Full order & progress →
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen once.
- TV filmSad CypressIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 153 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 51% 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 | 10 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 143 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Sad Cypress?
It has 240 pages — shorter than 92% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
In this book
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