Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
Hercule Poirot is called by his crime-author friend Ariadne Oliver to a quiet English town outside of London because there has been a murder. During the preparations for a Hallowe'en Party, young Joyce claimed she witnessed a murder. Eeryone scoffed at her because she is an inveterate liar and braggart. By the end of the party that night, she's been drowned in the bobbing-for-apples bucket. Who would commit such a dastardly and desperate murder? Poirot does his usual questioning of everyone in town, finding out about previous murders in the hamlet and trying to piece together what happened in the past that would cause someone to commit a crime of opportunity now.
The mystery is a fairly standard Christie case, with a lot of possible suspects that don't seem probable. Several characters leave out key information, even from what they tell Poirot, but he is able to get the separate strands together to get the whole story. I enjoyed the novel. It's not as great as Murder of Roger Ackroyd or Evil Under the Sun but makes for an entertaining read.
Recommended.
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