When Hercule Poirot and his sidekick Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-sur-Mer, France, to meet their client Paul Renauld they learn from Paris police that he has been found that morning stabbed in the back with a letter opener and left in a newly dug grave adjacent to a local golf course. Among the plausible suspects are Renauld’s wife Eloise, his son Jack, an unknown visitor of the previous day, Renauld’s immediate neighbor Madame Daubreuil, and the mysterious “Cinderella” of Hasting’s recent acquaintance—all of whom Poirot has reason to suspect. Poirot’s powers of investigation ultimately triumph over the wiles of an assailant whose misdirection and motives are nearly—but not quite—impossible to spot.
Contains a character key, a detailed biography, and an illustrated list of notable Poirot portrayals.
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Chapter 1. A Fellow-Traveller 1
Chapter 2. An Appeal for Help 7
Chapter 3. At the Villa Geneviève 15
Chapter 4. The Letter Signed ‘Bella’ 24
Chapter 5. Mrs Renauld’s Story 31
Chapter 6. The Scene of the Crime 39
Chapter 7. The Mysterious Madame Daubreuil 45
Chapter 8. An Unexpected Meeting 54
Chapter 9. M. Giraud Finds Some Clues 62
Chapter 10. Gabriel Stonor 69
Chapter 11. Jack Renauld 75
Chapter 12. Poirot Elucidates Certain Points 85
Chapter 13. The Girl with the Anxious Eyes 92
Chapter 14. The Second Body 99
Chapter 15. A Photograph 105
Chapter 16. The Beroldy Case 112
Chapter 17. We Make Further Investigations 117
Chapter 18. Giraud Acts 123
Chapter 19. I Use My Grey Cells 128
Chapter 20. An Amazing Statement 133
Chapter 21. Hercule Poirot on the Case 142
Chapter 22. I Find Love 148
Chapter 23. Difficulties Ahead 156
Chapter 24. ‘Save Him!’ 160
Chapter 25. An Unexpected Dénouement 167
Chapter 26. I Receive a Letter 171
Chapter 27. Jack Renauld’s Story 175
Chapter 28. Journey’s End 185
About the Author 195
The Many Faces of Poirot 198
Over de auteur
Agatha Christie is the ‘Queen of Mystery’ and the world’s best-selling mystery writer. Over the course of more than half a century she wrote eighty crime novels and short story collections, nineteen plays, and several poetry collections. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in the English language and another billion in a hundred other languages. Agatha Christie died in 1976.
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