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Description
When a widow tries to collect on her inheritance, her late husband's family is unpleasantly surprised. They're even more horrified by the news that this lovely stranger may be a bigamist. Now murder shakes the family tree, and it's time for Hercule Poirot to investigate.
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Cast of Characters/Important People
- Lynn Marchmont: One of the main characters in the novel and the niece of Gordon Cloade.
- Gordon Cloade: Rich Industrialist... who takes care of his relatives... marries late and dies two days after arriving in England with his bride.
- Rosaleen Cloade: Young widow of Gordon Cloade
- Rowley Cloade: Nephew of Gordon Cloade, Aspiring farmer and fiancee to Lynn Marchmont
- David Hunter: Brother of Rosaleen Cloade
- Jeremy Cloade: Elder Brother of Gordon Cloade, Lawyer by profession
- Lionel Cloade: Younger brother of Gordon Cloade and a doctor
- Frances Cloade: Wife of Jeremy Cloade
- Kathleen Cloade: Wife of Lionel Cloade
Memorable Quotes
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“There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.”
First Sentence
WARMSLEY Heath consists of a Golf Course, two Hotels, some very expensive modern villas giving onto the Golf Course, a row of what were, before the war luxury shops, and a railway station.
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Authors & Contributors
- Agatha Christie (Author)
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