Delicious Death

UK

Collins, London, Oct. 1955

John Bull, May.28-Jul.2 1955

US

Dodd, Mead, New York, Nov. 1955 as "Hickory Dickory Death"

Collier's Weekly, Oct.14-Nov.11 1955 as 'Hickory Dickory Death'

Plot

An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Hercule Poirot's interest. But when he saw the list of stolen and vandalised items - including a stethoscope, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, a slashed rucksack and a diamond ring found in a bowl of soup - he congratulated the warden, Mrs Hubbard, on a 'unique and beautiful problem'.
The list made absolutely no sense at all. But, reasoned Poirot, if this was merely a petty thief a work, why was everyone at the hostel so frightened?

Characters

Hercule Poirot, Mr. Akibombo, Achmed Ali, Celia Austin, Leonard Bateson, Sergeant Bell, Nigel Chapman, Mr. Endicott, Sally Finch, Valerie Hobhouse, Mrs. Hubbard, Elizabeth Johnson, Chandra Lal, Patricia Lane, Felicity Lemon, Colin McNabb, Mrs. Nicholetis, Inspector Sharpe, Nigel Stanley, Jean Tomlinson

Films & TV

Hickory Dickory Dock, ITV/UK, 1995

Agatha Christie's POIROT VI

Pension Vanilos, France 2/FR, 2015

Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 2