![]() So too, was the political situation of the time, just before the start of the second world war. The rest of the nursery rhyme, from which Christie purloined the title, is also subtly dropped into the story. The buckle on a shoe is both Poirot’s first insight and the book’s title. ![]() The young woman who did so appeared to consist chiefly of arms and legs.Ĭhristie neatly weaves clues into the story. It was a car of sporting build – one of those cars from which it is necessary to wriggle from under the wheel in sections. They were going down the steps of the house when a car drew up in front of it. ![]() Her writing is clear and precise, with exquisite attention to the characters, all described with quintessentially human disdain. ReviewĪgatha Christie tells an intriguing tale of deception and bluff as Hercule Poirot searches for the murderer. So begins an investigation into the death of a London dentist just before the start of the second world war. ![]() An open and shut case, or so the police tell the inquest. He had made a mistake and, upon realising it, rather than facing professional ruin, committed suicide. ![]() He had received an overdose of adrenaline and novocaine, causing his heart to stop.Ĭlearly, Dr Morley had delivered an anaesthetic that was too strong. When Hercule Poirot and the police tracked him down at his hotel, they discovered he was also dead. A visitor from Greece was the last patient to see Dr Morley alive. There was a bullet in his head and a pistol on the floor. After Hercule Poirot visits his dentist, the dentist was found lying dead in his surgery. ![]()
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