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that this is well up in the first six. The humour and humanity of its detail raise a question which only one person can give an answer. Agatha
Christie has grown accustomed to working her embroidery on a background of black. Could she, or could she not, leave death and detection out, and embroider as well on green? I believe she is one of the few detective novelists who could. If she would let herself try, just for fun. I believe it would be very good fun for other people, too."
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assistance of
Honoria Waynflete, a woman who, they believe, may know the person behind the deaths. He talks with villagers to learn the stories of the recent murders, including Mr Abbot, the solicitor who fired Tommy Pierce from his service; the Reverend Mr Wake, local rector; Mr Ellsworthy, an antique shop owner who appears to be mentally unstable; and Dr Thomas, Humbleby's younger partner.
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about the curious circumstances of her birth (she was found near the village in a basket set adrift on the river). In the novel, Bridget was already well established in the village and was actually engaged to Lord
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effective a detective than as a lover, which is not surprising since neither he nor the reader is provided with any clear clues pointing to the fantastically successful murderer. The love interest scarcely compensates for the paucity of detection and the characters verge on caricature; nor is
Fitzwilliam able to recapture vividly enough the circumstances of the earlier murders."
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Mrs Horton had argued with him, Tommy Pierce did mocking impressions of him, Harry Carter shouted at him while drunk, Amy Gibbs was impertinent to him, Humbleby disagreed with him on the village water supply, and Rivers used his car without permission and then spoke disrespectfully to him. All of them died soon afterwards. He believes this is divine justice.
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Christie's abilities to write non-crime fiction, which demonstrates that her pen name identity of Mary Westmacott was not yet public knowledge: "I should hate to have to state on oath which I thought was Agatha Christie's best story, but I do think I can say
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Honoria does not know that
Bridget did not drink the tea with a sleeping drug in it; Bridget pretends to be sleepy, then prods her to talk about herself, buying time and a full confession. Further, Honoria had arranged for Gordon to be seen walking alone through the area where Bridget's body will be.
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Honoria poisoned the tea for Lydia Horton. Honoria killed Amy by swapping the bottles around in the night and locking the door from the outside using pincers. She killed Carter by pushing him off the bridge on the day he had a row with
Whitfield, and she likewise pushed Tommy Pierce out of the window
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s issue of 11 July 1939 said that, "Readers may miss the almost supernatural cunning of Poirot, but then if Luke also depended on the famous 'little grey cells' he would be merely another Poirot instead of having his own blundering, straightforward, yet finally effective methods." Mr. Punshon summed
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Honoria take a walk in the woods. Honoria reveals herself to be the murderer, as she holds a knife to add Bridget to her list of victims. She admits that she killed her own pet and Gordon ended their engagement. She vows revenge on Gordon after he returns as a wealthy man to the village.
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Ellsworthy to be the killer because of his mental instability. Seeing Ellsworthy return home with blood on his hands at the summer solstice adds to this image. Later, Luke and Miss Waynflete witness Whitfield arguing with his chauffeur, Rivers, who had taken Whitfield's Rolls-Royce for
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Luke poses as one finding material for a book on beliefs in witchcraft and superstition, as he investigates. He stays at the home of Gordon Ragg aka Lord
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Rolls-Royce. After inviting Humbleby round to her house, she cut his hand with scissors. She then applied a dressing to the wound, a dressing with pus seeping from her cat's ear. After witnessing Rivers being sacked, Honoria hits him with a sandbag and caves his skull in with the stone pineapple.
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is singularly lacking in 'little grey matter.' Poirot may have recently become, with advancing years, a trifle staid, but absence makes the heart grow fonder of him." After outlining the basics of the plot and the romantic interests of the main character, Mr Ashley concluded, "He (Luke) is less
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Honoria had seen that Lavinia Pinkerton realised she was the killer and that Humbleby would be her next victim. Honoria had followed Lavinia into London and then pushed her in front of a passing car. She then hoped to frame Gordon by telling a witness that she saw the registration number of his
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for 24 September 1939, Kay Irvin said the book was "one of Agatha Christie's best mystery novels, a story fascinating in its plot, clever and lively in its characters and brilliant in its technique." She concluded, "The story's interest is unflagging, and the end brings excitement as well as
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which began "A week in which new novels by Mr Hull and Mrs Christie appear should be a red letter week for connoisseurs of detective fiction. One must, however, reluctantly confess that neither of them is fully up to standard."
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will next be killed – Amy Gibbs, Tommy Pierce, and Harry Carter have been killed; Dr John Humbleby will be the next victim. This woman reminds him of a favourite aunt, so he replies politely and recalls what she said.
672:) in the village. He is not retired, but an active police detective, and is dealing with a deceased relative's property. Both recognise one another's investigative inclinations and work together to solve the murders.
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851:Chris Peers, Ralph Spurrier and Jamie Sturgeon.
342:Jimmy Lorrimer – Luke's friend, Bridget’s cousin
33:Dust-jacket illustration of the first UK edition
1871:Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
388:Miss Lavinia Pinkerton – a spinster (see above)
668:Miss Marple meets Luke Fitzwilliam (played by
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1836:The Under Dog and Other Stories
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2109:The Mousetrap and Other Plays
1271:The Mystery of the Blue Train
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16:1939 novel by Agatha Christie
1850:Double Sin and Other Stories
1628:By the Pricking of My Thumbs
1313:Murder on the Orient Express
1139:Tommy and Tuppence Beresford
382:Dr Humbleby – a local doctor
345:Mrs Church – Amy Gibb's aunt
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1952:Witness for the Prosecution
1257:The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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1383:Hercule Poirot's Christmas
1320:Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1285:The Murder at the Vicarage
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1794:Parker Pyne Investigates
1411:One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
1397:And Then There Were None
937:Barnard, Robert (1990).
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149:And Then There Were None
2049:Butter in a Lordly Dish
1815:The Labours of Hercules
1725:A Daughter's a Daughter
1516:They Do It with Mirrors
1432:The Body in the Library
1278:The Seven Dials Mystery
1236:The Murder on the Links
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1766:The Mysterious Mr Quin
1656:Elephants Can Remember
1642:Passenger to Frankfurt
1460:Death Comes as the End
1376:Appointment with Death
1250:The Secret of Chimneys
730:as Miss Pinkerton and
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612:Charlotte Attenborough
608:Duke of York's Theatre
173:Dodd, Mead and Company
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1885:The Harlequin Tea Set
1773:The Thirteen Problems
1572:Cat Among the Pigeons
1495:A Murder Is Announced
1348:Murder in Mesopotamia
1292:The Sittaford Mystery
1134:Superintendent Battle
1033:Murder is Easy (1982)
903:11 July 1939 (Page 7)
867:10 June 1939 (p. 343)
714:as Luke Fitzwilliam,
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358:Superintendent Battle
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1980:The Unexpected Guest
1864:Poirot's Early Cases
1711:Absent in the Spring
1558:4.50 from Paddington
1544:Hickory Dickory Dock
1530:A Pocket Full of Rye
1502:They Came to Baghdad
1229:The Secret Adversary
1149:Sir Henry Clithering
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817:4 June 1939 (Page 6)
764:a new BBC adaptation
670:Benedict Cumberbatch
530:), Paperback, 190 pp
2273:1939 British novels
2088:Star Over Bethlehem
1808:The Regatta Mystery
1752:Poirot Investigates
1704:Unfinished Portrait
1600:A Caribbean Mystery
1565:Ordeal by Innocence
1537:Destination Unknown
1334:Death in the Clouds
915:8 June 1939 (p. 22)
722:as Lord Whitfield,
718:as Bridget Conway,
695:'the facts of life'
584:Olivia de Havilland
523:, Paperback, 172 pp
494:Publication history
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1987:Go Back for Murder
1931:Murder on the Nile
1801:Murder in the Mews
1780:The Hound of Death
1607:At Bertram's Hotel
1509:Mrs McGinty's Dead
1481:Taken at the Flood
1418:Evil Under the Sun
1355:Cards on the Table
1341:The A.B.C. Murders
1299:Peril at End House
925:Toronto Daily Star
891:4 June 1939 (p. 7)
626:and Ian Thompson.
533:1966, Ulverscroft
481:Toronto Daily Star
419:And Death Came Too
407:And Death Came Too
242:their engagement.
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1759:Partners in Crime
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