Evil Under the Sun: A Hercule Poirot Myster

Holidaymakers at a seaside hotel become a closed field of suspects when one guest is found dead on the beach. Evil Under the Sun places Hercule Poirot on holiday among people whose alibis all seem to hold, which is precisely the difficulty. Christie uses the resort to keep the cast contained and their movements observable, and the solution depends on the ordinary rhythms of a hotel day rather than on forensic detail. Jealousy, vanity and reputation supply the motives, and the explanation Poirot finally offers is among the most often praised in the sequence. Good to know before buying: • A Hercule Poirot mystery in a holiday resort setting • A tightly controlled timeline of alibis and sightings • Character-driven motives rather than graphic violence • Frequently named among Christie's strongest plots For classic mystery readers and collectors of the Poirot novels, available from Boipoka.