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Cat Among the Pigeons
by Agatha Christie
As the prestigious Meadowbank school for girls opens for its summer term, the arrival of royalty and daughters of the wealthy creates an atmosphere of high society and strict order. However, beneath the surface of this educational sanctuary, dark secrets and political tensions from the Middle Eastern state of Ramat begin to converge. When a series of unsettling events culminates in murder, the school's reputation and its students' lives are thrown into peril. Only Hercule Poirot can untangle the web of international intrigue and domestic jealousy that has placed a cat among the pigeons.
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- 11/22/1959
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As the prestigious Meadowbank school for girls opens for its summer term, the arrival of royalty and daughters of the wealthy creates an atmosphere of high society and strict order. However, beneath the surface of this educational sanctuary, dark secrets and political tensions from the Middle Eastern state of Ramat begin to converge. When a series of unsettling events culminates in murder, the school's reputation and its students' lives are thrown into peril. Only Hercule Poirot can untangle the web of international intrigue and domestic jealousy that has placed a cat among the pigeons.
What you'll take away
- Explore the inner workings of an elite 1950s girls' finishing school governed by the formidable Miss Bulstrode.
- Witness how international political revolutions in the Middle East can have deadly domestic repercussions.
- Observe the meticulous way Hercule Poirot identifies a killer hidden among a specialized cast of schoolmistresses.
- Understand the complexities of maintaining institutional discipline in the face of sudden, violent disorder.
- Follow a fast-paced mystery that balances classroom dynamics with high-stakes espionage and hidden jewels.
