Cards on the Table

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Cards on the Table is a 1936 detective novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot, centered on a murder that occurs during a bridge party.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cards on the Table canonical 8
Cards on the Table (play) 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedAs television episode ⓘ
author Agatha Christie ⓘ
centralCrime murder ⓘ
centralEvent bridge party ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Ariadne Oliver ⓘ
Colonel Race ⓘ
Hercule Poirot ⓘ
Superintendent Battle ⓘ
followedBy Murder in Mesopotamia ⓘ
genre detective fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
hasAlternativeClassification whodunit ⓘ
hasCharacterRole Ariadne Oliver, crime writer ⓘ
Colonel Race, government agent ⓘ
Hercule Poirot, detective ⓘ
linked to: Hercule Poirot

Superintendent Battle, police officer ⓘ
hasCoverArtist not publicly well documented ⓘ
hasFormat hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
print ⓘ
hasISBN various editions with different ISBNs ⓘ
hasMainTheme deception ⓘ
gamesmanship ⓘ
the psychology of murder ⓘ
hasSubject bridge (card game) ⓘ
psychological detection ⓘ
isFictionalWork true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Golden Age detective fiction ⓘ
mediaType book ⓘ
narrativeFocus murder investigation ⓘ
notableFor use of bridge scores as clues ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalPublisher Collins Crime Club ⓘ
partOfSeries Hercule Poirot series ⓘ
precededBy Death in the Clouds ⓘ
protagonist Hercule Poirot ⓘ
publicationDate 1936 ⓘ
publisher Collins Crime Club ⓘ
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
televisionAdaptation Agatha Christie's Poirot ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting interwar period ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Death on the Nile → precededBy → Cards on the Table ⓘ
subject linked to: Death on the Nile (novel)
Hercule Poirot → appearsInWork → Cards on the Table ⓘ
Hercule Poirot series → hasWork → Cards on the Table ⓘ
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller → notableWork → Cards on the Table ⓘ
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller → notableWork → Cards on the Table (play) ⓘ
linked to: Cards on the Table
Ariadne Oliver → notableWork → Cards on the Table ⓘ
Ariadne Oliver → appearsIn → Cards on the Table ⓘ
Colonel Race → appearsIn → Cards on the Table ⓘ
Agatha Christie universe → includesWork → Cards on the Table ⓘ