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07. The Pacifist, 2 stars. Machine intended for military strategy has a potty mouth.
08. The Next Tenants, 2 stars. Scientist encourages termites to evolve.
09. Moving Spirit, 3 stars. Man convinces local court that his home brewery was intended for the war effort.

04. Armaments Race, 2 stars. TV prop man accidentally invents a real weapon.
05. Critical Mass, 3 stars. Crashed delivery truck's cargo causes minor panic, man has a closer look.
06. The Ultimate Melody, 2 stars. Stuffy scientist invents the ultimate earworm, blows his mind.

01. Silence Please, 3 stars. The unfortunate results of a man misunderstanding how his silence machine works, or the value of keeping it to himself.
02. Big Game Hunt, 3 stars. Man invents a way to control the body of simple organisms, television scientist sees an opportunity.
03. Patent Pending, 3 stars. Inventor's assistant uses sensation recorder to manufacture pornography.

Wiki: " Polyptoton "

Wiki: " Animism "

Wiki: " Synchysis "

Wiki: " Litotes "

Word: "... with a fillip of her thumb and her third finger."

1. A movement made by bending the last joint of a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing it (so as to propel some small object, or merely as a gesture); a smart stroke or tap given by this means.

2. Something of small importance; a trifle. Also, a short space of time, a moment.

07. The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly, 3 stars. Parents receive pre-kidnapping ransom notes, Poirot smells a rat.
08. Four and Twenty Blackbirds, 3 stars. Waitress tells Poirot about a regular customer suddenly changing his eating habits.
09. The Love Detectives, 2 stars. Two lovers confess to murderering the same man in different ways.

Wiki: "None of your French kickshaws now."

1. A fancy dish in cookery. (Chiefly with contemptuous force: A ‘something’ French, not one of the known ‘substantial English’ dishes.)

2. Something dainty or elegant, but unsubstantial or comparatively valueless; a toy, trifle, gew-gaw. In 1654 applied to a person.

Wiki: "By gad, there is a priest’s hole. It opens from one of the panels in the hall."

04. The Case of the Perfect Maid, 4 stars. A local maid's honesty is questioned, Marple finds her replacement too good to be true.
05. The Case of the Caretaker, 3 stars. Doctor cheers up Marple with a written mystery to solve.
06. The Third Floor Flat, 3 stars. Woman loses her door key, friends sneak up a coal elevator to get in her apartment.

01. Three Blind Mice, 3 stars. Young impetuous couple decide to run a B&B, get snowed in with a murderer as soon as they open.
02. Strange Jest, 3 stars. Another young couple inherit from a prankster uncle, enlist Marple in a treasure hunt.
03. Tape Measure Murder, 4 stars. Wealthy woman is found murdered at home, stoic husband is suspected.

07. The Dream, 3 stars. Grouchy millionaire tells Poirot about his prophetic dream of suicide, dies shortly after.
08. In a Glass Darkly, 2 stars. Young man sees a murder in the mirror that hasn't happened yet.
09. Problem at Sea, 3 stars. Rich harridan gets murdered onboard the cruise ship while her ever-patient husband is on shore.

04. Problem at Pollensa Bay, 3 stars. Detective tries to enjoy his vacation, but an overbearing mother wants him to muddle in her son's love life.
05. Yellow Iris, 3 stars. Lady in distress calls Poirot and puts on an act, requests he come to a particular table.
06. Miss Marple Tells a Story, 3 stars. Marple easily solves the stabbing death of a woman in a locked hotel room, all without leaving her seat.

01. The Regatta Mystery, 3 stars. Big ol' diamond disappears after young girl bets she can steal it without detection.
02. The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest, 3 stars. A man's body is found hidden in a chest the morning after his friend's party.
03. How Does Your Garden Grow?, 3 stars. An old woman writes a vague request to Poirot, but is murdered before she gets his reply.

Wiki: "The party went more than once to the British Museum and to that brighter palace of art which reclaims for antique variety so large an area of a monotonous suburb..."

Word: "That’s because you truckle to them."

2. fig. †
a. To take a subordinate or inferior position; to be subservient, to submit, to give precedence.

b. To submit from an unworthy motive; to yield meanly or obsequiously; to act with servility. Const. down, to a person, for an object.

c. To submit or give way timidly; to quail, cower, be daunted.

Wiki: "I see you’re very fond of crewels."

Wiki: "Falcrest's hwachas fired two hundred steel-tipped rocket-propelled arrows in one burning instant."

Wiki: "The tip of Tain Hu’s blade described one small analemma in the air..."

04. The Winshaw Prize, 3 stars. Professional intellectual policeman senses a connection in comedian deaths, can't seem to get lucky with his shapeless ladylove.
05. What a Whopper!, 4 stars. Private tutor can't get used to her new bizarre life of luxury by proxy, is disturbed by living on a lonely building site.

01. The Black Tower, 3 stars. Bored young girls investigate the local eccentric while their mothers are off vacationing.
02. The Comeback, 4 stars. Former one hit wonder (now struggling librarian) goes on "celebrity" reality show.
03. The Crystal Garden, 4 stars. Lonely professor invites student to her home for some morbid sightseeing.

Wiki: "Graduate students have serious reading ambitions, but they don’t finish a lot of books they start; I wouldn’t finish Parade’s End until I was in my forties—when I tried it again."

Wiki: "He kept encouraging Hester to read The Alexandria Quartet —especially Justine and Clea, which this guy claimed he had read four or five times."

Wiki: "If there was no room for doubt, there would be no room for me.
— FREDERICK BUECHNER "

08. Tea Kettles, 2 stars. A hot kettle off the fire is about as trustworthy as a bellowing preacher.
09. A Pathetic Story, 3 stars. Tipsy man loves to makes sad toasts, successful writer sold his soul.
10. The New Utopia, 2 stars. Grr, socialism is bad and incompatible with everything you love!
11. Dreams, 2 stars. Dreams are worrying, critics are big meanies.

04. The Ghost of the Blue Chamber (My Uncle's Story), 3 stars. Former resident of uncle's house had it out for street musicians.
05. A Personal Explanation, My Own Story, 3 stars. Drunken young man stumbles in and out of bed.
06. Evergreens, 4 stars. The pros & cons of a dependable friend and a staunch Bulldog.
07. Clocks, 3 stars. Time is an unreliable illusion, keeping up appearances turns people into jokes.

Wiki: "The wait had taken up a position just inside the front gate, and was singing a ballad."