Elephants Can Remember: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

by Agatha Christie

Overview

A mystery writer's latest whodunit isn't fiction-but rather a true crime from her own past. And if memory serves Poirot, murder-like history-repeats itself...

"Vintage Christie."-New York Times

"Christie is at her most endearingly English...cozier than ever...in a lethal way, of course."-Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780063376991
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	11/26/2024
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1890

Date of Death:

January 12, 1976

Place of Birth:

Torquay, Devon, England

Education:

Home schooling

Website:

http://www.agathachristie.com

Editorial Reviews

Splendid....She tells us all we want to know and nothing that is irrelevant.” — The Times (London)

From the Publisher

Did General Ravenscroft kill Lady Ravenscroft or was she the one holding the gun? Many years later their daughter would like to know, so her godmother, Ariadne Oliver, asks Hercule Poirot to investigate. Working in tandem, Mrs. Oliver and Poirot identify and interview an ever-increasing list of witnesses (the elephants of the title). Poirot painstakingly reconstructs long-vanished relationships, and his deductions eventually lead him to one final witness. Even the great Christie recycled concepts from time to time; this mystery is one of several "remembered death" titles, characterized by long, descriptive conversations that can be tedious. In this case the contrast between Poirot's severe, analytical style and that of the charming but erratic Mrs. Oliver adds life to what would otherwise be a rather dull tale. John Moffatt delivers the competent if unexciting reading one expects from this producer. Christie at her worst (which this is not) is still better than most mystery writers. Recommended for all mid- to large-sized libraries.--I. Pour-El, Des Moines Area Community Coll., Boone, IA Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.\

Library Journal

Splendid....She tells us all we want to know and nothing that is irrelevant.

The Times (London)