For instance, an unnamed reviewer in the Toronto Daily Star of 16 March 1940 said, "Others have written better mysteries than Agatha Christie, but no one can touch her for ingenious plot and surprise ending.
Dana 16. ožujka 1940., jedan je neimenovani recenzent za Toronto Daily Star napisao: "Drugi su pisalo bolje romane nego Agatha Christie, ali nitko nije nadmašio njezine ingeniozne radnje i iznenađujuće završetke.