Even he seems a little more stumped than usual here, and it is in fact an idle comment he hears on the street that directs him to the correct solution. Hastings and Japp are both on good form, and Poirot is constantly having to change his theories.

All the while you’re dancing around it wondering why Poirot can’t see it too (even though you know he would do), the truth is hiding behind a series of increasingly devilish red herrings, misdirections and bluffs. Still one of the smartest, in my opinion, Lord Edgware Dies plays with the concept by having the solution appear immediately obvious. Besides, why should she want to kill her husband when he’s already given her the one thing she wants? As Poirot uncovers more and more deceptions, he begins to unravel how one woman could be in two places at once, and who really did the murder.

The difficulty is, there are twelve people who were at a dinner party elsewhere in London which was happening at the same time as the murder – and Jane was in attendance. Jane Wilkinson was seen entering the house just before the murder occurred, and the police are ready to arrest her for murder. Later that night, Lord Edgware is found dead in his study, stabbed in the neck. Curious, Poirot follows through with the request but is surprised to learn that Lord Edgware wrote to Jane months ago to say he was willing to allow the divorce. She accosts Poirot after the performance and asks him to go and visit her husband, Lord Edgware, and try and convince him to divorce her so she is free to marry a Duke she has been courting. Unfortunately, it turns out my memory was not quite as good as I thought it was.Īfter a night at the theatre seeing the latest show by celebrated comic Carlotta Adams, Poirot and Hastings run in to Jane Wilkinson, the air-headed and selfish Lady Edgware. I thought I remembered it really well, and was content to settle down and see how it was done, rather than worrying about who the killer was. Lord Edgware Dies, it turns out, I haven’t read since 2012, so it’s one of the handful that aren’t on the blog yet. What I find when it comes to re-reading all the Christie novels is that I often think I remember the solutions.

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