Miss Emily was old, rich, and afraid--and now, she's dead. Her terrified plea to Hercule Poirot came a little too late. All that's left is a house full of greedy heirs, and a very strange letter that could solve the mystery--or add to it.

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Received this book in the mail today! Thank you so much, Tabby-cat-owner! I will definitely enjoy it!

March 7, 2014: On the short list for my "Reduce Mount TBR" Challenge. It's not on anyone's wish list that I can tell from a search, so I will plan a Controlled release through RABCK or to an OBCZ.

June 11, 2014: Next to be read!

June 29, 2014: Miss Marple and M. Hercule Poirot: Dame Agatha knows (knew!) how to create interesting characters! Reserved for Iwillrejoice's alphabetical bookrings.

August 15, 2016: Being sent off as part of Iwillrejoice's ABC Bookrings - Books Beginning with the Letter P (Link).

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Enjoyed this book. Agatha Christie always keeps the reader guesting.

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It's been a few years since I have read an Agatha Christie mystery and based on this one, I should definitely read more of her works that I have missed! This one features Hercule Poirot and his cohort, Captain Hastings and was the 16th novel in the Poirot series. It was originally published under the title Dumb Witness in 1937. In it, Poirot receives a letter from a Miss Emily Arundell two months after the letter was originally written. She is the matriarch of the Arundell family who had gathered at her house the preceding Easter. It is obvious that the relatives (her three nephews and nieces and one of their spouses) desire her money making the Easter dinner tense and unpleasant. Later that night, Emily tumbles down the stairs of her house with the incident blamed on a little rubber ball that is a favorite of her dog, Bob (Bob is the titular Dumb Witness). But Emily suspects there is more to the accident given that Bob was out of the house that night and the ball had been placed in a drawer. So the next day, she writes to Poirot and also contacts her attorneys to change her will thus leaving everything to her companion rather that to her suspect relatives. But when Poirot and Hastings arrive on the scene, Emily has been dead for some time from an apparent attack of jaundice. In addition, the Arundell nieces and nephew have found out that they have been eliminated from the will. So was Emily murdered? And if so, was it by someone who would have benefited from the original will or could it have been by the companion who ended up inheriting her fortune?

As with most of Christie's mystery novels, I really enjoyed this. Her novels always keep me guessing and I was unsure of who the murderer was right up till the end. Not sure why it has been so long since I last read one of hers...probably because I have so many other books to read! Anyway, I'll be hoping to read more of her in the near future and would definitely recommend this one.

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It had been a feeble cry

from the late woman's lips,
still, it did carry.

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