The Clocks
- 257
- Pages
- about 4.5 h
- Reading time
- TV film 2009
- On screen
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Our view
“The Clocks” offers a strong Christie puzzle with flashes of humour and a satisfying unravelling. Christie’s prose is light on its feet and at moments surprisingly modern. Some readers miss Hercule Poirot, who in their view enters the case too late, and others find the early chapters tiresome or the solution obscure. Those who take comfort in the Christie formula will find it intact.
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About the book
The Clocks is a mystery novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 7 November 1963 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. It features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The UK edition retailed at sixteen shillings (16/-) and the US edition at $4.50.
Reading order · canon of Hercule Poirot
Full order & progress →
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen once.
- TV filmThe ClocksIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 127 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 46% 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 | 6.7 | 12 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 115 | 91% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Clocks?
It has 257 pages — shorter than 91% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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