Lord Edgware Dies

The book came in perfect condition and was delivered way earlier that ETA.

As the title suggests, Lord Edgware dies. Or, more accurately, is murdered, although no guns were used. So why there’s a revolver shown on the cover of my version of the book,I have no idea.Anyway, Lord Edgware is not a popular man and many people have good reason to want him dead. Among them, his estranged wife tells everybody she wants to kill her husband so it should be pretty straightforward when she’s seen briefly visiting him the night before he’s discovered lifeless in his library.The problem for Poirot is Lady Edgware was also seen at a dinner party in another part of London at exactly the same time.So, when an actress who does very good impressions of Lady Edgware is also found dead after taking an overdose of sleeping tablets, Inspector Japp immediately jumps to the conclusion that she’s the murderer and took her own life while suffering from remorse.Case closed then? Not so.Poirot thinks it’s more complicated than that, and despite finding no evidence to support his belief, he’s right. Or is he?So, who really visited Lord Edgware that night? Did the actress commit suicide or is someone hiding their tracks? And who murdered the third victim? Donald Ross was at the same party as Lady Edgware but was murdered while he was on the phone about to give Poirot the vital piece of evidence he needed to solve the case.I’ve read Lord Edgware Dies several times and still struggle to keep up with all the twists and misdirections of what turns out to be a very straightforward murder. Only Agatha could make something so simple seem so complicated. Genius.

Glamorous actress Jane Wilkinson is desperate for a divorce from her abusive husband, Lord Edgware, and declares publicly that she could cheerfully kill him. Poirot agrees to see his lordship on her behalf, only to be told he agreed to a divorce months ago. 24 hours later, lord Edgware is found dead. Jane is the original main suspect, but how can she have killed him when at the same time she was attending a dinner party with twelve other guests? It will take all of Poirot's little grey cells to resolve this case.I thoroughly enjoyed this story; the way Poirot is forced to painstakingly unpick the tangle of suspects and motives to uncover the murderer while the number of victims gradually mounts held my attention. The story is told from Hastings' point of view and Hugh Fraser does his usual excellent job as the narrator, effortlessly switching voices for the different characters.Highly recommended.

Plastic-covered ex-library book. Musty. Overpriced for a written in ex-library book.

Absolutely wonderful! I adored this novel. (It arrived in good time and in perfect condition.)I cannot recommend this purchase enough for any Christie fan! Fantastic.

Another great murder mystery from Agatha Christie, couldn’t guess the killers identity!