Delicious Death

UK

Collins, London, Nov. 1972

US

Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1972

FIVE LITTLE PIGS and MRS. MCGINTY'S DEAD should be read before ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER.

Plot

Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. Here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies - a husband and wife - shot dead.
But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder?
Poirot delves back into the past and discovers that 'old sin leave long shadows'.

Contents

1. A Literary Luncheon • 2. First Mention of Elephants

BOOK 1: Elephants

3. Great Aunt Alice's Guide to Knowledge • 4. Celia • 5. Old Sins Have Long Shadows • 6. An Old Friend Remembers • 7. Back to the Nursery • 8. Mrs Oliver at Work • 9. Results of Elephantine Research • 10. Desmond

BOOK 2: Long Shadows

11. Superintendent Garroway and Poirot Compare Notes • 12. Celia Meets Hercule Poirot • 13. Mrs Burton-Cox • 14. Dr Willoughby • 15. Eugene and Rosentelle, Hair Stylists and Beauticians • 16. Mr Goby Reports • 17. Poirot Announces Departure • 18. Interlude • 19. Maddy and Zelie • 20. Court of Enquiry

Characters

Hercule Poirot • Mrs. Buckle • Mrs. Burton-Cox • Desmond Burton-Cox • Julia Carstairs • Kathleen Fenn • Chief Inspector Garroway • Mr. Goby • Dorothea Jarrow • Felicity Lemon • Mrs. Matcham • Mademoiselle Zelie • Meadhouray • Mrs. Ariadne Oliver • General Alistair Ravenscroft • Lady Margaret Ravenscroft • Celia Ravenscroft • Madame Rostentelle • Superintendent Bert Spence • Dr. Willoughby

Films & TV

Elephants Can Remember, ITV/UK, 2013

Agatha Christie's POIROT XIII