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The Clocks / After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot)
The Clocks / After the Funeral - Hercule Poirot Author:Agatha Christie The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, Bk 34) — Sheila Webb expected to find a respectable blind lady waiting for her at 19 Wilbraham Crescent—not the body of a — middle-aged man sprawled across the living room floor. But when old Miss Pebmarsh denies sending for her in the first place, or of owning all the clocks that surround the body, it’s cle... more »ar that they are going to need a very good detective.
“This crime is so complicated that it must be quite simple,” declares Hercule Poirot. But there’s a murderer on the loose, and time is ticking away.…
After the Funeral (Hercule Poirot, Bk 30) (aka: Funerals Are Fatal)
When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say: "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it? But he was murdered, wasn't he?" In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.« less