I was going to do these weekly, but with Round One proving very popular – and Rounds Three and Four now available, I thought I’d bring things forward. So here’s Round Two – the next eight Poirot novels, chronologically speaking, for you to pick your favourite. And if you thought it was hard to pick one of two or three last time… If I was sensible, I’d have seeded this somehow – but this is much more fun.
NB: Voting is now over. Click here for the final round.
This will be up for a week – until 23 March 2016 – best two go through to the final to determine the best Poirot ever. Obviously, these will be the official results and therefore nobody can argue with it. Ever.
And don’t bother clicking on the “Show Results” bit – I’ve hidden those to keep the surprise…
Oops. As Santosh pointed out, I’ve missed out Cards On The Table. That’ll be in Round 3.
In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel 
[…] Round Two is up now – and it’s even trickier to call than this […]
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You have left out Cards On The Table (Mr. Shaitana !)
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Damn. That’ll have to go in the next round.
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I actually found it much easier to pick my favourite out of this round. How many rounds will there be?
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Four – might put the next one up later today (including the missed-out Cards On The Table)
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[…] One and Round Two are still live, but I’ve removed the ability to peek at the results so far. I don’t […]
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Easy peasy! Only one possible choice out of this lot… 😉
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Really? Thought this was the hardest…
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It was difficult for me. I had given three of them exactly the same rating in my recent rereads. I had to go back and refresh myself on my reviews to see which one I’d weigh more heavily for this….
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[…] see – and I think the second place book is certainly less hard to call. Rounds One, Two and Three are still going for the next week or so, so don’t forget to vote on those if you […]
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This is hard, I thought, because I found most of the titles somewhat middling, and therefore were neck-to-neck in terms of my overall opinion of them.
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Middling ?????
I regard 6 of the above 8 novels as brilliant !
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Completely agree – I wonder if we agree on which six…
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[…] Classical Mystery Novel, Puzzle Doctor arranged a poll to find the best Poirot novel. [Round One, Round Two, Round Three, Round Four, The Final, The Second Best, The Results]. That, together with other […]
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