Ariadne Oliver

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Mrs. Oliver

Mrs. Oliver is a famous mystery novelist and a friend of both Hercule Poirot and Parker Pyne. She often assists them in their cases through her knowledge of the criminal mind. She claims to be endowed with particular "feminine intuition", but it usually leads her astray. She is particularly fond of apples. Although Ariadne Oliver is consistently referred to as Mrs. Oliver, nothing is known about her husband. She first appears in Parker Pyne's The Case of the Discontented Soldier. Middle-aged with an untidy appearance. Note: in Cards on the Table, Christie has Poirot attributing her Miss Marple novel, The Body in the Library, to Ariadne Oliver!…more

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	Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41) by Agatha Christie 3.56 avg rating — 108,965 ratings — published 1969 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15) by Agatha Christie 3.96 avg rating — 76,556 ratings — published 1936 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42) by Agatha Christie 3.66 avg rating — 51,491 ratings — published 1972 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Hercule Poirot, #29) by Agatha Christie 3.86 avg rating — 42,000 ratings — published 1952 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Man's Folly (Hercule Poirot, #35) by Agatha Christie 3.82 avg rating — 39,691 ratings — published 1956 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Third Girl (Hercule Poirot, #40) by Agatha Christie 3.69 avg rating — 40,200 ratings — published 1966 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pale Horse (Ariadne Oliver, #5) by Agatha Christie 3.84 avg rating — 34,285 ratings — published 1961 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie 3.76 avg rating — 22,064 ratings — published 1934 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly (Hercule Poirot, #SS-52) by Agatha Christie 3.78 avg rating — 6,581 ratings — published 2013 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of the Discontented Soldier - a Parker Pyne Short Story by Agatha Christie 3.68 avg rating — 1,277 ratings — published 1932 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars