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Description edit
Also published as Murder in Retrospect.
Famous painter Amyas Crale's wife was sentenced to life in prison for murdering him. Now, after sixteen years, their daughter has presented Hercule Poirot with a challenge: clear her mother's name by returning to the scene of the murder to find out... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Caroline Crale: convicted of murder of her husband, she dies in prison
- Amyas Crale: a womanizing painter, killed by poison
- Hercule Poirot: the brilliant Belgian detective must hunt for the truth of a 16 year old crime
- Elsa Greer: a young woman obsessed with a man
- Angela Warren: a teenager who doesn't want to go to boarding school
- Caroline "Carla" Crale Lemarchant: only five at the time of the murder, now she wants to know the truth
- Mr. Philip Blake: Amyas' best friend, he passionately hates Caroline
- Mr. Meredith Blake: Philip's brother, he dabbles in potions and poisons
- Cecilia Williams: the governess who hates men
- Hale: Add a description of this character.
- George Mayhew
- Edmunds
- John: Carla's fiance
- Depleach
- Dr. Faussett
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First Sentence edit
Hercule Poirot looked with interest and appreciation at the young woman who was being ushered into the room.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 23 of 39 in Hercule Poirot. (standard series)
Preceded by Evil Under the Sun, and followed by The Hollow.
This is book 39 of 74 in Agatha Christie - Luitingh-Sijthoff pockets. (edition-based publisher list)
Preceded by Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, and followed by Murder on the Links.
This book is in Classic English Crime Novels. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Agatha Christie (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Dodd Mead
Country: USA
Publication Date: May, 1942
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 234
Publisher: Dodd Mead
Country: USA
Publication Date: May, 1942
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 234
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 828'.912
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- Agatha Christie's Poirot (IMDb): British crime drama, season 9, episode 1
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