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Should murder make sense? Mr Entwhistle wondered. Academically the answer was yes. But many pointless crimes were on record. It depended, Mr Entwhistle reflected, on the mentality of the murderer.
This was my first time reading After the Funeral, but, of course, it is the story that is loosely used as the story in Murder at the Gallop, that classic Marple film starring the incomparable Margaret Rutherford.
This is all wrong, of course. After the Funeral is a Poirot mystery, not a Marple.
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Should murder make sense? Mr Entwhistle wondered. Academically the answer was yes. But many pointless crimes were on record. It depended, Mr Entwhistle reflected, on the mentality of the murderer.
This was my first time reading After the Funeral, but, of course, it is the story that is loosely used as the story in Murder at the Gallop, that classic Marple film starring the incomparable Margaret Rutherford.
This is all wrong, of course. After the Funeral is a Poirot mystery, not a Marple.
Bu ...more
A funeral is followed by the usual family gathering at which the dead man's sister comments that he was murdered. The remark causes consternation. The family solicitor is worried and the comment stirs his own doubts about the death. He decides to call in Hercule Poirot to investigate.
Then Cora, the lady who made the unfortunate remark, is found hacked to death and the police get involved as well as Poirot. What is gradually revealed as Poirot asks the family some awkward questions is a web of re ...more
Then Cora, the lady who made the unfortunate remark, is found hacked to death and the police get involved as well as Poirot. What is gradually revealed as Poirot asks the family some awkward questions is a web of re ...more
What a delicious Poirot story!
Enjoyed this one. Another one of Christie's that lead the wrong way and out-witted me. Having said that I really enjoyed the characters and it was compulsive reading.
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