In this book he has a rival – the French detective Monsieur Giraud – and we can see the contrast between their detecting methods.
None of the characters are particularly memorable or appealing her characterisation would be stronger in later books in the series – maybe at this early stage she was still concentrating on developing the character of Poirot himself. I enjoyed this, although I don’t think it’s one of the better Poirot novels I’ve read. There are several suspects, but when Cinderella reappears and seems to have some involvement in the murder, Hastings will have to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to Poirot. The two set off at once, only to discover that Renauld had been murdered the night before, his body found on the new golf course which is under construction near his house. The next day, Hastings learns that Poirot has just received a letter from a Mr Paul Renauld requesting him to come to his home in France as soon as possible because he believes his life is in danger.
For Hastings, it’s love at first sight, but when they part ways he doesn’t expect to ever see her again. Hastings, a close friend of Poirot’s, is on his way home to England from France when he meets a girl on the train who introduces herself only as ‘Cinderella’. The May theme for Read Christie 2022 is “a story set in Europe” and The Murder on the Links is the perfect choice as the story takes place almost entirely in France.įirst published in 1923, this is a very early Poirot novel (just the second in the series, in fact) and one of several to be narrated by Captain Arthur Hastings.
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