![]() ![]() And if memory serves Poirot (and it does!), crime - like history - has a tendency to repeat itself. But as Poirot and Mrs Oliver and Superintendent Spence reopen the long-closed case, a startling discovery awaits them. ![]() ![]() Any young elephant would be proud to have written it. Maurice Richardson in The Observer of 5 November 1972 said, 'A quiet but consistently interesting whodunnit with an ingenious monozygotic solution. Poirot is now a very old man, but his mind is as nimble and as sharp as ever and can still penetrate deep into the shadows. Elephants Can Remember is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in 1972. The famous mystery novelist desires this real-life mystery solved, and calls upon Hercule Poirot to help her do so. The case haunts Ariadne Oliver, who had been a friend of the couple. They seemed well balanced and placid…" And yet, twelve years earlier, the husband had shot the wife, and then himself - or perhaps it was the other way around, since sets of both of their fingerprints were on the gun, and the gun had fallen between them. E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Elephants Can Remember 2) "The Poirots": the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective."The Ravenscrofts didn’t seem that kind of person. ![]()
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