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Description
Pit Poirot against peril and you get perfection. Someone is stalking the lady of End House. She claims her only friend is a ghost. Hercule Poirot has his more earthbound theories of what's happening.
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Hercule Poirot: His inordinate pride was matched only by his unerring skill as a detective extraordinaire.
- Captain Hastings: Ever-faithful companion to the great Poirot, he wondered if, at last, his old friend's powers were faltering.
- Nick Buckley: The young and restless mistress of End House, she tried to shrug off three near escapes from violent death.
- Commander George Challenger: His "old school" manner made Hastings trust him implicitly, but to Nick it made him a bore.
- Ellen: The closemouthed maid at End House, she knew more than she would say about the evil that surrounded the old Buckley estate.
- Jim Lazarus: Son of a famous art dealer, he devoted more time to women and flashy cars than to the family business.
- Charles Vyse: A pale, proper young man, he took his responsibilities seriously as Nick's cousin and lawyer.
- Bert and Millie Croft: Nick's Australian tenants, their rent money was very welcome, but their hearty friendliness was very hard to take.
- Frederica Rice: She had the face of a weary Madonna -- and a past that was devil-ridden.
- Maggie Buckley: Nick's country cousin, she was the logical one to summon to End House as a deterrent to danger.
- Inspector Japp: Of Scotland Yard. The murder wasn't his headache, but he was glad to help out his old friend Poirot.
First Sentence
NO seaside town in the south of England is, I think, as attractive as St. Loo.
Table of Contents
1. The Majestic Hotel
2. End House
3. Accidents?
4. There Must Be Something!
5. Mr. and Mrs. Croft
6. A Call upon Mr. Vyse
7. Tragedy
8. The Fatal Shawl
9. A. to J.
10. Nick's Secret
11. The Motive
12. Ellen
13. Letters
14. The Mystery of the Missing Will
15. Strange Behavior of Frederica
16. Interview with Mr. Whitfield
17. A Box of Chocolates
18. The Face at the Window
19. Poirot Produces a Play
20. J.
21. The Person -- K.
22. The End of the Story
Series
This is book 7 in the Hercule Poirot series.
Authors & Contributors
- Agatha Christie (Author)
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