"The answer to the riddle is brilliant." -- Times Literary Supplement (London)

"A brilliant piece of detective fiction, in which character plays an important part." -- Daily Telegraph (London)

"Straightforward bamboozling from start to finish." -- New Statesman (UK)

"As usual, Mrs. Christie hoaxes us with a double twist at the denouement, and provides excellent entertainment." -- Punch (UK)

"Agatha Christie never fails us, and her Five Little Pigs presents a very pretty problem for the ingenious reader." -- Manchester Guardian (UK)