Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #24)
Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other “little pigs” who could have done it: Philip Blake (the stockbroker), who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist), who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time...
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Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other “little pigs” who could have done it: Philip Blake (the stockbroker), who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist), who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcÉe), who had her roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess), who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister), who cried all the way home. Sixteen years later, Caroline’s daughter is determined to prove her mother’s innocence, and Poirot just can’t get that nursery rhyme out of his mind.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780062073570 (0062073575)
ASIN: 62073575
Publish date: February 1st 2011
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Pages no: 266
Edition language: English
Series: Hercule Poirot (#25)
Book: Five Little Pigs Author: Agatha Christie Genre: Fiction/Mystery Summary: Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, but just like the nursery rhyme, there were five other "little pigs" who could have done it: Philip Blake (the stockbroker), who went to market; Mered...
This is a fantastic book. I love the way it was set up with first the introduction, then Poirot's interviews with the principles involved, then reading the written recollections of the five witnesses, and then finally the conclusions and the unveiling of the guilty party. In the end, I had sort ...
- Nous allons seulement, expliqua-t-il, discuter des faits qui se sont passés il y a très longtemps. Les discuter et, peut-être, préciser leur sens. Quant aux esprits, ils ne se matérialiseront pas, mais qui oserait dire qu'ils ne sont pas ici, bien que nous ne puissions les voir?
Kurzbeschreibung des Buches.Carla Lemarchant eines Tages besucht Hercule Poirot, um mit ihm über ein Ereignis, das vor sechszehn Jahre vorgekommen hatte, zu erzählen. Ihre Mutter wurde damals wegen der Ermordung ihres Mannes durch Vergiftung verhaftet. Das Gericht bewies ihre Schuld. Aber Carla, die...
This little piggy went to market,This little piggy stayed home,This little piggy had roast beef,This little piggy had none,And this little piggy cried wee wee wee all the way home.English nursery rhyme