Hercule Poirot has solved many murders in his life, but never before has the murderer come to him in person to confess to her crime. So when Norma Restarick comes to him, he’s surprised to say the least. Norma lives with two other girls, an easy arrangement in this age of high house rents, but she believes that she is a murderer. Poirot begins to wonder if she’s either telling the truth or if she has deluded herself into believing this story. However, Norma exclaims that he’s too old and disappears. Puzzled, Poirot only discovers the girl’s identity when Ariadne Oliver, the famous detective novelist, mentions that she once went to a party where she met this woman. Poirot and Oliver team up in this odd case and follow the trail to a murder readers aren’t likely to forget.
About Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie was an English novelist best known for her murder mystery novels. She created several best-selling storylines centred around timeless characters such as Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Tommy and Tuppence and Parker Pyne. Some of her best known books are A Mysterious Affair at Styles, Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case, And Then There Were None and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
This book was loosely adapted into an episode of the TV series Agatha Christie’s Poirot, starring David Suchet as Poirot, and Zoë Wanamaker as Ariadne Oliver.
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