Cat Among the Pigeons
About this book
E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Cat Among the Pigeons;2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective.A revolution in the Middle East has a direct and deadly impact upon the summer term at Meadowbank, a picture-perfect girls’ school in the English countryside. Prince Ali Yusuf, Hereditary Sheikh of Ramat, whose great liberalizing experiment—‘hospitals, schools, a Health Service’—is coming to chaos, knows that he must prepare for the day of his exile. He asks his pilot and school friend, Bob Rawlinson, to care for a packet of jewels. Rawlinson does so, hiding them among the possessions of his niece, Jennifer Sutcliffe, who is bound for Meadowbank. Rawlinson is killed before he can reveal the hiding place—or even the fact that he has employed his niece as a smuggler. But someone knows, or suspects, that Jennifer has the jewels. As murder strikes Meadowbank, only Hercule Poirot can restore the peace.
Reader Profile
4.1/5 · 23 readers · 262 pages · ≈ 4 h 51 m · Moderate
What order should I read the canon of Hercule Poirot series?
Read Cat Among the Pigeons first, then follow the publication order above — The Hollow, then The Mysterious Affair at Styles, then Murder on the Links, then The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, then The Big Four, then The Mystery of the Blue Train, then Peril at End House, then Lord Edgware Dies.
How long does it take to read Cat Among the Pigeons?
About ≈ 4 h 51 m — 262 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Cat Among the Pigeons?
262 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Cat Among the Pigeons?
It sits on the Mystery, Fiction shelves.
Is Cat Among the Pigeons in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who are the main characters in Cat Among the Pigeons?
The main characters include Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character).
Where does Cat Among the Pigeons take place?
It is set in England, Great Britain, Belgium.
Who wrote Cat Among the Pigeons?
Agatha Christie.
canon of Hercule Poirot — reading order
- → Cat Among the Pigeons (1959) you are here
- 1 The Hollow
- 2 The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
- 3 Murder on the Links (1923)
- 4 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
- 5 The Big Four (1927)
- 6 The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
- 7 Peril at End House (1932)
- 8 Lord Edgware Dies (1933)