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Ah, that one.
I remember reading it, and I agree, it's an unfair and dirty trick to keep the reader from guessing the truth. But except for that book, and a couple of others*, I think Agatha Christie usually plays fair game with her readers. Of course she makes it difficult to guess the murderer, and of course she hides all the direct evidence (that would point directly to the killer), but when reading an Agatha Christie book, I seldom feel cheated when the truth is revealed. The reader gets to know all the facts, and has a fair chance of solving it before the detective.
*Another book I do not like is the ABC Murders, where a serial killer is on the loose. Even though all the facts are presented to the reader, the book lacks that closed group of suspects, and the suspects are not easily identified as such.
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