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Year
1923

Series
Poirot

Setting
Travel

Synopsis
"For God's sake, come!" Unfortunately, by the time Hercule Poirot receives Monsieur Renauld's urgent plea, the millionaire is already dead - stabbed in the back, lying in a freshly dug grave on the golf course of his adjoining Merlinville estate. There's no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son; his mistress - and each feel deserving of the dead man's fortune. The police think they've found the culprit. Poirot has his doubts. A second murder proves him right.



Cast of Characters
Hercule Poirot, Captain Hastings. Also: Joseph Aarons, Francoise Arrichet, Lucien Bex, Madame and Marthe Daubreuil, Bella Duveen, Monsieur Giraud, Dulcie Duveen Hastings, M. Hautet, Mrs. Renauld, Jack and Paul T. Renauld, Gabriel Stonor



Publishing and Dramatization History
Publishing: The novel was published in 1923 by Bodley Head in London, and by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. TV: The novel was adapted by LWT in 1994 with David Suchet as Poirot.

Notes and reviews
The novel marks the first meeting of Captain Arthur Hastings and his future wife.

Murder method
One stabbing.


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