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Description

It was the match-up of the century. Four sleuths -- Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard, mystery writer Ariadne Oliver, Colonel Race of His Majesty's Secret Service, and the incomparable Hercule Poirot -- invited to play bridge with four specifically invited rivals, each of whom had once... read more

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First Sentence

"My dear Monsieur Poirot!" It was a soft purring voice used deliberately as an instrument-nothing impulsive or unpremeditated about it.

Table of Contents

Foreword by the Author
1. Mr. Shaitana
2. Dinner at Mr. Shaitana's
3. A Game of Bridge
4. First Murderer?
5. Second Murderer?
6. Third Murderer?
7. Fourth Murderer?
8. Which of Them?
9. Dr. Roberts
10. Dr. Roberts (continued)
11. Mrs. Lorrimer
12. Anne Meredith
13. Second Visitor
14. Third Visitor
15. Major Despard
16. The Evidence of Elsie Blatt
17. The Evidence of Rhoda Dawes
18. Tea Interlude
19. Consultation
20. The Evidence of Mrs. Luxmore
21. Major Despard
22. Evidence from a Combeacre
23. The Evidence of a Pair of Silk Stockings
24. Elimination of Three Murderers?
25. Mrs. Lorrimer Speaks
26. The Truth
27. The Eye-witness
28. Suicide
29. Accident
30. Murder
31. Cards on the Table

Series

This is book 14 in the Hercule Poirot series.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Agatha Christie (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Leslie Darbon
 

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