The Sittaford Mystery
- 224
- Pages
- about 4 h
- Reading time
- TV film 2009 +1
- On screen
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Our view
“The Sittaford Mystery” is a light, easy Christie with a twist at the end that is hard to see coming. Published in 1931, and in the United States as “The Murder at Hazelmoor”, it is a compact puzzle of a little over two hundred pages. Some readers find the motive behind the crime hard to make sense of. An uncomplicated mystery for an evening or two.
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About the book
The Sittaford Mystery is a mystery novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1931 under the title of The Murder at Hazelmoor and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on 7 September of the same year under Christie's original title. It is the first Christie novel to be given a different title for the US market. The US edition retailed at $2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6).
On screen
This book has 2 screen adaptations, all from 2009.
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 101 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 41% 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 | 6.5 | 11 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 90 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Sittaford Mystery?
It has 224 pages — shorter than 95% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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