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Four and Twenty Blackbirds [short story]

by Agatha Christie

Series: Hercule Poirot (22.98)

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Hercule Poirot is about to tuck into a very traditional English supper with his old friend Bonnington when a lone diner sparks his interest. Like clockwork, the man has eaten at the restaurant on Thursdays and Tuesdays for the last ten years, but no one on the staff knows his name. When ??Old Father Time,? as they have fondly nicknamed him, suddenly stops coming, Poirot believes that he might have picked up the one essential clue that could shed light on this mysterious man. Could what Old Father Time ordered as his final meal provide the key… (more)

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The truth is this midnight library borrow took less time to read than I took watching its film; I suppose that was to be expected. It wasn't any great shakes as a mystery but it was just what I needed. Poirot being a tiny bit obtuse? Even by phone?!

It wasn't great but I wasn't expecting that it would be. ( )
  richardderus | Feb 2, 2021 |
Una breve storia con protagonista Poirot e diverse pietanze di un ristorante.

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A Poirot short story about food. ( )
  Saretta.L | Mar 31, 2013 |
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Hercule Poirot was dining with his friend, Henry Bonnington, at the Gallant Endeavor in the King's Road, Chelsea.
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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:

Hercule Poirot is about to tuck into a very traditional English supper with his old friend Bonnington when a lone diner sparks his interest. Like clockwork, the man has eaten at the restaurant on Thursdays and Tuesdays for the last ten years, but no one on the staff knows his name. When ??Old Father Time,? as they have fondly nicknamed him, suddenly stops coming, Poirot believes that he might have picked up the one essential clue that could shed light on this mysterious man. Could what Old Father Time ordered as his final meal provide the key

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A fortune depends on the timing of the death of a pair of twins, one of whom was a regular at a restaurant the Poirot frequents with his friend Mr. Bonnington.

In: Agatha Christie, Masterpieces in Miniature, pp. 474-488.
-----Three blind mice and other stories
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