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Cards on the Table
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- Author
- Agatha Christie
- First published
- 1936
- Editions
- 107
- Subjects
- Fiction, Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Private investigators in fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Mystery, Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character) Fiction, Zhen tan xiao shuo
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Key facts
- Author
- Agatha Christie
- Language
- English
- Series
- Hercule Poirot
- Genre
- Crime novel
- Publisher
- Collins Crime Club
- Publication date
- 2 November 1936
- Publication place
- United Kingdom
- Media type
- Print (hardback and paperback)
- Preceded by
- Murder in Mesopotamia
- Followed by
- Murder in the Mews (short stories)
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Encyclopedic overview
Cards on the Table is a mystery novel by the English author Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 November 1936 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.
The book features the recurring characters of Hercule Poirot, Colonel Race and Superintendent Battle, with the crime writer Ariadne Oliver making her first appearance in a Poirot novel. The four detectives and four possible suspects play bridge after dinner with Mr Shaitana. At the end of the evening, Mr Shaitana is discovered murdered. Identifying the murderer, according to the author, depends wholly on discerning the psychology of the suspects.
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