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'Splendid! she tells us all we want to know and nothing that is irrelevant.' THE TIMES
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Hercule Poirot is determined to solve an old husband and wife double murder that is still an open verdict! Hercule Poirot stood on the cliff-top. Here, many years earlier, there had been a tragic accident. This was followed by the grisly discovery of two more bodies -- a husband and wife -- shot dead. But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves back into the past and discovers that 'old sin leave long shadows'.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
'Great despite the age', says a relatively new Christie reader,
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This review is from: Elephants Can Remember (Paperback)
I first must say that as I write this review I have only read five Christie books. Those were 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd', 'The ABC Murders', 'One, Two, Buckle my shoe', 'After the Funeral' and 'Elephants Can Remember'. I must say firstly how much I have enjoyed reading these five books and how much I look forward to reading a sixth.
Elephants can remember has to be appreciated by all due to the age of the author at this point. I must say, that for all of the ideas Christie has put to paper, she still has some good ones even after almost eighty books. Poirot is indeed and interesting and enjoyable character but I think that this is a book that belongs the Mrs. Oliver. She is another great detctive idea- not quite Japp or Hastings- but still good. Elephants is all about remembering and I must say that it is pulled off well here. Despite his age, Poirot is charming right to the end of the series and here he continues in this trend. All in all, I enjoyed Elephants very much. Christie seems to get all the details and always has a great twish in there somewhere. Elephants isn't quite The ABC Murders, but like all of the five, its still absolutely brilliant. As I write this, the book is currently only three stars. Thats just far to underated! Finally, you can't fail to admire the closing line in the novel made by Mrs. Oliver. Great stuff as always!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Very good adaptation,
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This review is from: Elephants Can Remember (BBC Audio) (Audio CD)
This is one of those rare cases where an adaptation is possibly better than the source material! The excellent BBC radio series continues with this very successful version of one of Christie's last and most troublesome novels. The book is largely a series of rambling discussions with elderly people and there are several holes in the plot and a couple of improbable coincidences. On the plus side it has Mrs Oliver in it and some entertaining characters and the whole thing pivots (amusingly) on wigs! It lends itself very well to radio (and has been 'tidied up' a little but not interfered with) and is well acted here. Julia McKenzie is a delight as Ariadne Oliver, John Moffat is reliable as ever as Poirot and the remaining voices are generally very well chosen - especially that of the pushy Mrs Burton Cox! Altogether very enjoyable.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Quite a good read,
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For the third time in Poirot's career, and this time with the help of Mrs Oliver, he finds himself dealing with a case that has happened many years ago. In this case the deaths of a retired general and his wife who seem to have died in a strange suicide pact - only there was no reason for it. This was the last Poirot novel Agatha Christie wrote, since "Curtain" been written many years before. And it feels like an eulogy to memory and to things past. It's not her best novel or even one which surprised me, since I guessed what had happened (and felt really happy because of it). But nevertheless is quite a good read, and I am sure other people will enjoy it as well.
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