![]() The 1930s was Agatha Christie’s miracle decade, as she cranked out one stone-cold classic after another: Murder on the Orient Express, The ABC Murders, Death on the Nile, And Then There Were None, not to mention introducing Miss Marple in Murder at the Vicarage. It’s interesting that Lord Edgware Dies is often included among this elite company, as it is a puzzle mystery without much of a puzzle. Poirot soon has his hands full, dealing with the affairs of actors, dukes, and one very merry widow. Stranger still, a dozen witnesses swear that she was the thirteenth guest at a dinner party at exactly the same time. Strange, then, that Jane should visit her husband the next day, immediately before he is found murdered. To Poirot’s surprise, her spouse Lord Edgware easily agrees to a divorce. Poirot, somehow or other I’ve just got to get rid of my husband!” But this time, she’s the one seeking an audience with a celebrity, master detective Hercule Poirot. ![]() “When planning a murder never depend upon a woman doing what she says she’ll do.”Īs a famous actress, Jane Wilkinson is used to being the center of attention. ![]()
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