Hercule Poirot #17
Dumb Witness
So, on April 17th she wrote about her anxieties and suspicions in a letter to Hercule Poirot. And included a request that he consult with her as soon as possible. Mysteriously he didn’t receive the letter until June 28th … by which time Emily was already dead.
317 pages, Paperback
First published July 5,1937
This edition
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317 pages, Paperback
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January 1, 2002 by HarperCollins
- ISBN
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9780007120796
- ASIN
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0007120796
- Language
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English
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Hercule Poirot
Hercule Poirot is one of Agatha Christies most famous and long-lived characters, appearing in 33 novels and 51 short stories published between 1920 and 1975 and set in the same era. Poirots name was derived from two other fictional detectives ...
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Emily Arundell
A wealthy spinster and owner of Littlegreen House in Market Basing, Berkshire. Recently deceased. She was in her 70s and had been in delicate health for some time. She is fond of her terrier named Bob. Her father was General John Arundell. She had 4 now-d...
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Wilhelmina ‘minnie’ Lawson
Miss Arundells companion. Miss Arundell sometimes bullies her. She occasionally consults the spirits....
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Charles Arundell
Nephew of Emily Arundell and brother to Theresa, in his early thirties; son of Thomas Arundell and the widowed Mrs. Varley. He also spent the capital of his inheritance from his father....
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Theresa Arundell
The fashionable, attractive niece of Emily Arundell, not yet 30 years old. She inherited a significant sum at age 21 from her father. Engaged to an ambitious young doctor named Donaldson....
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Bella Tanios
Another niece of Emily Arundell, cousin to Charles and Theresa; plain looking daughter of Arabella Arundell. Her maiden name was Bella Biggs. Over 30....
About the author
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)
