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Four of Agatha Christie's detectives combine to try and solve a murder at which they were present. The mysterious Mr Shaitana collects objects and people. He invites a select group to a Bridge party including Hercule Poirot, Mrs Ariadne Oliver, Colonel Race and Superintendent Battle. There are also four people who their host believes have committed murders and escaped detection. Mr Shaitana is murdered during the strange gathering and the four sleuths - official and unofficial - are set to solve
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This was good, the way in included all four of Christie's known characters Poirot, Ariadne Oliver, Superintendent Battle and Colonel Race. The four of them with four suspects to choose from. We are continually fed red herrings, so the chances of us hitting the right one are slim. Then when we are almost at the finish, and have decided that it must be the one, it changes yet again. A very clever story.
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