Author: Agatha Christie Year: 1942 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Classic, Detective
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ISBNs: 9780062073570 0062073575 |
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It was an open and shut case. All the evidence said Caroline Crale poisoned her philandering husband, a brilliant painter. She was quickly and easily convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Now, sixteen years later, in a posthumous letter, Mrs. Crale has assured her grown daughter that she was innocent. But instead of setting the young woman's mind at ease, the letter only raises disquieting questions. Did Caroline indeed write the truth? And if she didn't kill her husband, who did? To find out, the Crale's daughter asks Hercule Poirot to reopen the case. His investigation takes him deep into the conflicting memories and motivations of the five other people who were with the Crales on the fatal day. With his keen understanding of human psychology, he manages to discover the surprising truth behind the artist's death.
This book is part of the "Hercule Poirot" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Black Coffee" First published in 1998 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Curtain" First published in 1975 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Poirot's Early Cases" First published in 1974 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Hallowe'en Party" First published in 1969 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Third Girl" First published in 1966 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Clocks" First published in 1963 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Dead Man's Folly" First published in 1956 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Hickory Dickory Dock" First published in 1955 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "After the Funeral" First published in 1953 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Taken at the Flood" First published in 1948 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Hollow" First published in 1946 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Murder in Retrospect" First published in 1942 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Evil Under the Sun" First published in 1941 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Sad Cypress" First published in 1940 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Death on the Nile" First published in 1937 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Dumb Witness" First published in 1937 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Cards on the Table" First published in 1936 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The ABC Murders" First published in 1936 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Death in the Clouds" First published in 1935 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Lord Edgware Dies" First published in 1933 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Peril at End House" First published in 1932 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Big Four" First published in 1927 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Poirot Investigates" First published in 1924 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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