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Just finished "Hickory Dickory Dock", by Agatha Christie. This was her 57th book, and was originally published in 1955. When Miss Lemon, Poirot's normally highly-efficient secretary, makes mistakes in a routine letter, Poirot learns that she is worried about her sister, who runs a hostel for students in London. The establishment has been plagued by a spate of minor but bizarre thefts of personal property. Poirot offers to investigate, and soon uncovers a situation far more serious than it initially appears...
Not one of Christie's better works, to my mind. The plot is extremely far-fetched, and the cast of characters rather unsympathetic. I can't recommend this one.
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