Three Act Tragedy

Hercule Poirot strikes again!

And, yet again, there's barely enough for you (the reader) to make more than a mere guess at who's the culprit.
But that's expected with a Hercule Poirot/Agatha Christie novel, and it doesn't take away from the fun here.

Hercule Poirot is one of 12 guests invited to a party. As luck would have it, one of the guests gets suddenly ill and dies. The host of the party thinks murder, no one else does. Life goes on... it's considered natural causes, the host moves away from the house and everyone returns to their daily life. Then, a while later, one more of the guests dies by a similar manner... at a party in which many of the same guests as the first party were present (this time, the deceased man was hosting the party). The police have clued in on the butler, AWOL since the morning after the death.

The host of the first party, 2 others that were at the first party (one of whom was at the 2nd) and eventually Hercule Poirot (indirectly asked by one of the 2 guests) get together to solve the 2 murders (and a 3rd one that happens later) and prevent more damage from happening.

A nice read.