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Overview

Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence was damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity, and the means to administer the fatal poison.

Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, only one man still presumed Elinor was innocent until proven guilty. Hercule Poirot was all that stood between Elinor and the gallows.…

Editorial Reviews

Daily Mail (London)
“Poirot solves another exciting case.”
Times Literary Supplement
The clues are placed with impeccable fairness, and the solution will cause many readers to kick themselves.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780062073945
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication date: 8/30/2011
  • Edition description: Reissue
  • Pages: 304
  • Sales rank: 255,214
  • Series: Hercule Poirot Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.31 (w) x 8.00 (h) x 0.54 (d)

Meet the Author

Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold over a billion copies in English and another billion in one hundred foreign countries. She is the author of eighty novels and short-story collections, nineteen plays, and six novels under the name Mary Westmacott. She died in 1976.

Biography

Agatha Christie is the world's best-known mystery writer. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language, and another billion in 44 foreign languages. She is the most widely published author of all time in any language, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her writing career spanned more than half a century, during which she wrote 79 novels and a short story collection, as well as 14 plays, one of which, The Mousetrap, is the longest running play in history. Two of the characters she created, the brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and the irrepressible and relentless Miss Marple, went on to become world famous detectives. Both have been widely dramatized in feature films and made-for-TV movies. Agatha Christie died in 1976.

Author biography courtesy of Random House, Inc.

    1. Also Known As:
      Mary Westmacott (used for her romantic fiction)
    1. Date of Birth:
      September 15, 1890
    2. Place of Birth:
      Torquay, Devon, England
    1. Date of Death:
      January 12, 1976

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  • Posted February 8, 2009

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    Murder by poison! Love or greed ... or both?

    Elinor Carlisle, a sensible, well educated young woman, and her distant cousin, Roddy Welman, a somewhat less well focused amiable gentleman - perhaps even a bit of a dandy - are happily engaged. They both know they are living somewhat beyond their means but they take comfort in their expectation of the inheritance of a very sizable fortune from their elderly aunt, Laura Welman. When they receive an anonymous mean-spirited letter suggesting that someone is cozying up to their aunt and worming their way into her affections, Elinor suspects young Mary Gerrard, her aunt's lodge-keeper's daughter. Rationalizing with one another that they really ought to be making a greater effort to see their aunt more frequently, Elinor and Roddy quickly pack up for a visit to Mrs Welman with a concerned view to protecting their interests in the estate.

    During the course of their visit, when Roddy's head is turned by Mary Gerrard's stunning good looks and he becomes hopelessly infatuated with her, Elinor breaks off their engagement. When Mary Gerrard is murdered by the administration of a fatal dose of morphine in a sandwich and, shortly afterward, Aunt Laura dies intestate leaving Elinor as the sole heir of the entire estate by virtue of being the only surviving blood relative, Elinor quickly finds herself in the dock for Mary's murder. As the only suspect with both the means and the motive to dispose of Mary Gerrard, her conviction is all but certain.

    But "Sad Cypress" is a complex mystery with many motivational twists and turns. Roddy Welman's head wasn't the only head turned with new found love. Peter Lord, the Welman's family physician, has fallen behind over tea kettle into love with Elinor Carlisle. When she is arrested, although even he is uncertain as to her guilt, he retains Hercule Poirot and charges him with finding the evidence to acquit her at any cost.

    "Sad Cypress", a subtle, complex purely character driven mystery told virtually entirely through the device of dialogue, has an interesting three part structure. In the first part, told from Elinor Carlisle's perspective, we see the background of the entire story up to Mary Gerrard's murder. In the second part, we are witness to Poirot's subtle probing and investigation of the murder and, in the final third section, we sit in court as witness to Elinor's trial and prosecution for the murder. In a marvelous twist on the cozy mystery's usual climactic drawing room confrontation with all of the suspects, Poirot's findings are revealed to the reader by Elinor's defense lawyer during the proceedings of her trial.

    While "Sad Cypress" is a marvelously entertaining mystery, I'm unwilling to accord it a full five star rating because I believe it violates what I always felt to be an unwritten set of rules governing the genre. The mystery in "Sad Cypress" is simply not solvable by an astute reader no matter how carefully one might read the story. Ultimately, the mystery is solved and revealed by virtue of information to which only Poirot is privy. The superb surprise ending is no less entertaining as a result but one does feel a little cheated.

    On a historical note, I was interested to discover that this was Agatha Christie's first use of the courtroom setting in a Poirot mystery.

    Highly recommended.

    Paul Weiss

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  • Posted December 12, 2009

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    Frankly, this one one of her best

    Personally, I really loved "Sad Cypress". I thought that the scenery of her words were delightful, and the entire story was very good. The protagonist (Elinor Carlisle) is accused of murdering the young girl who she believed her fiancee to be in love with. Everything is working against her: the motive, the opportunity, the other witness statements, but fortunateky one thing that's working for her is Hercule Poirot.

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  • Posted August 17, 2009

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    The Delightful Hercule Poirot

    Elinor Carlisle, recently jilted by her fiancé, is strangely indifferent to the charge of poisoning the new object of his infatuation, Mary Gerrard. Having motive and means, Elinor's considered as good as hung by everyone in the village, with two notable exceptions: local doctor Peter Lord, himself in love with Elinor, and the famous detective Hercule Poirot, solicited by Lord to save her life.

    Poirot is a delightful character (though he doesn't feature here as much as I would have liked). Christie, not one for elaborate description, is quite good at revealing character through dialogue. Elinor is portrayed as a complicated-and, often, unlikeable-character, and I appreciated that. (I only wish Christie had applied a little more gray to Mary Gerrard, who comes off as very nearly angelic.)

    Some readers may find the plot a bit too contrived, as I did. I was also annoyed that an important clue is withheld from the reader for too long.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 27, 2009

    Not the normal Christie/Poirot Story

    This book was really good. It's a quick read. The solution is nothing short of surprising. However the only bad point was that the final denouement was NOT presented by Poirot himself, but someone else entirely. Poirot still figures out the solution but someone else reveals it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 30, 2003

    GOOD MYSTERY

    Agatha christie displays her ingenuity yet again.A different sort of book with a totally unexpected ending.The plot is flawless and the ending really baffles you.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 5, 2002

    SUPERB READING OF AN ABSORBING STORY

    'Sad Cypress' is often referred to as one of the most outstanding of Christie's classic titles. To my mind, that's a bit like trying to say which flawless diamond shines the brightest. Nonetheless, this absorbing story is set in an English country house. As for Hercule Poirot - who else but David Suchet? He is acclaimed by many as the quintessential Poirot. Those who have seen his PBS performances will readily agree. His voice treatment of this tale brings to vivid reality all the nuances and eccentricities of the characters involved. 'Sad Cypress' presents Elinor Carlisle as a woman blessed with beauty and brains reinforced by wealth - she also finds herself on trial for murder. She stands accused of killing her rival, Mary Gerrard, by poison. Poirot is the only one who believes in her innocence. He needs to prove she is not guilty or Elinor will be hung. As with other Christie mysteries clues are liberally sprinkled throughout the tale. What fun to try to find them!

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