Delicious Death

UK

Collins, London, Nov. 1972

US

Dodd, Mead, 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