Ordeal by Innocence
To Billy Collins
with affection and gratitude
UK
Collins, London, Nov. 1958
John Bull, Sep.20-27 1958
US
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1959
Chicago Tribune, Feb.1-Mar.14 1959

Plot

According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. Sentenced to life imprisonment, he died behind bars following a bout of pneumonia. Tragically, it was not until two years later that Dr Arthur Calgary came forward with the testimony that could have acquitted Jacko. Worse, the doctor's revelations were about to re-open old wounds in the family, increasing the likelihood that the real murderer would strike again...

Characters

Dr. Arthur Calgary • Rachel Argyle • Leo Argyle • Gwenda Vaughan • Mary Durant • Micky Argyle • Hester Argyle • Kirsten Lindstrom • Philip Durant • Maureen Clegg • Inspector Huish

Films & TV

Ordeal by Innocence, UK, 1984
Film list
Ordeal by Innocence, ITV/UK, 2007
Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 3
Am stram gram, FR, 2009
Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 1
Abriaa Wa Laken, 2015; Innocent... However, Lebanon
TV drama list
Ordeal by Innocence, BBC, 2018
TV drama list

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Le Masque (#651) 1959

Club des Masques (#2) 1966

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