Hickory Dickory Dock: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)

By Agatha Christie

The Queen of puzzle has come to Harper Collins! Agatha Christie, the stated mistress of suspense—creator of indomitable sleuth omit Marple, meticulous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and such a lot of different unforgettable characters—brings her whole oeuvre of inventive whodunits, locked room mysteries, and difficult puzzles to Harper Paperbacks. A most original sequence of crimes at a scholar hostel intrigues Inspector Poirot in Christie’s Hickory Dickory Dock, specially while an easy case of kleptomania paves how to murder.

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Inspector Sharpe shrugged his shoulders. “Miss Patricia Lane, in her drawer, had a handkerchief really widely stained with eco-friendly ink. ” Poirot’s eyebrows rose. “Green ink? Patricia Lane! So it will possibly were she who took the ink and spilled it over Elizabeth Johnston’s papers after which wiped her palms afterwards. yet absolutely. . . . ” “Surely she wouldn’t wish her pricey Nigel to be suspected,” Sharpe comprehensive for him. “One do not have suggestion so. after all, another person may need placed the handkerchief in her drawer. ” “Likely sufficient. ” “Anything else? ” “Well,” Sharpe mirrored for a second. “It turns out Leonard Bateson’s father is in Longwith Vale psychological sanatorium, a qualified sufferer. I don’t think it’s of any specific curiosity, yet. . . . ” “But Len Bateson’s father is insane. most likely with no importance, as you are saying, however it is a truth to be saved away within the reminiscence. it's going to also be fascinating to understand what specific shape his mania takes. ” “Bateson’s a pleasant younger fellow,” acknowledged Sharpe, “but after all his mood is a section, good, out of control. ” Poirot nodded. abruptly, vividly, he remembered Celia Austin announcing, “Of path, I wouldn’t chop up a rucksack. besides that was once basically mood. ” How did she are aware of it was once mood? Had she noticeable Len Bateson hacking at that rucksack? He got here again to the current to listen to Sharpe say, with a smile: “. . . and Mr. Achmed Ali has a few tremendous pornographic literature and postcards and is the reason why he went up within the air over the hunt. ” “There have been many protests, without doubt? ” “I may still say there have been. A French lady essentially had hysterics and an Indian, Mr. Chandra Lal, threatened to make a world incident of it. there have been a number of subversive pamphlets among his belongings—the traditional half-baked stuff—and one of many West Africans had a few relatively fearsome souvenirs and fetishes. definite, a seek warrant definitely indicates you the abnormal part of human nature. You heard approximately Mrs. Nicoletis and her deepest cabinet? ” “Yes, I heard approximately that. ” Inspector Sharpe grinned. “Never obvious such a lot of empty brandy bottles in my lifestyles! And used to be she mad at us! ” He laughed, after which, all at once, grew to become severe. “But we didn’t locate what we went after,” he stated. “No passports other than strictly valid ones. ” “You can not often count on this sort of factor as a fake passport to be left approximately that you should locate, mon ami. You by no means had social gathering, did you, to make an reputable stopover at to 26 Hickory street in reference to a passport? Say, within the final six months? ” “No. I’ll let you know the one events on which we did name round—within the days you point out. ” He precise them conscientiously. Poirot listened with a frown. “All that, it doesn't make sense,” he acknowledged. He shook his head. “Things will purely make experience if we commence before everything. ” “What do you name the start, Poirot? ” “The rucksack, my friend,” stated Poirot softly. “The rucksack. All this started with a rucksack. ” bankruptcy Fourteen I Mrs. Nicoletis got here up the steps from the basement, the place she had simply succeeded in completely infuriating either Geronimo and the temperamental Maria.

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