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Elephants Can Remember (Poirot) (original 1972; edition 2016)

by Agatha Christie (Author)

Series: Ariadne Oliver (8), Hercule Poirot (32)

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A classic Hercule Poirot investigation, Agatha Christie's Elephants Can Remember has the expert detective delving into an unsolved crime from the past involving the strange death of a husband and wife.

Hercule Poirot stood on the clifftop. Here, many years earlier, there had been a fatal accident followed by the grisly discovery of two bodies??a husband and wife who had been shot dead.

But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves into the past and discovers that "old sins leave long shadows."… (more)

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Title:Elephants Can Remember (Poirot)
Authors:Agatha Christie (Author)
Info:HARPER COLLINS (2016), 256 pages
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Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie (1972)

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Agatha Christie's second last book, written at the age of 82 and showing some signs of the mental deterioration she appeared to suffer from in her old age. This is a tale about memory, about who remembers, and how well those memories can be trusted. Ariadne Oliver ropes Poirot in after she is asked by a stranger at a literary lunch to find out whether Oliver's god-daughter's mother shot her father or vice versa. Christie's themes of the importance of truth (which can be coped with) over a comfortable lie, of how the past can be investigated, adoption, and how love can lead to unexpected actions are strong in this book, although it is more wooly and meandering than her strongest work. One for fans. ( )
  Figgles | Jan 7, 2023 |
Figured out the end before it reached the climax of the story still a good read. ( )
  MadMattReader | Sep 11, 2022 |
This is only the third Agatha Christie book that I have read, but compared to the first wo (Murder of Roger Ackroyd & The Orient Express), this one was a complete let down.

I suspect that this was written late in the author's career. She passed away 3 years after this was written, and considering that she long career as a writer, its expected not everything is good.

As for the book itself, I found the characters annoying, too much pointless chit-chat, mentions of people that seemed rather important, but never brought up (for example, what happened to the young girl her pushed her brother and he fell, hitting his head and dying). And I found most of the characters to be unbelievable. Like Celia not seeming to care much that her parents died in a murder suicide plot, or that Mrs. Oliver not really knowing much about her friend's death, even is She was traveling in America at the time, the gossip would have followed her, and it would have been sensational. Even the police seemed to have dropped the case as a matter of fact sort of thing.

I also had about 75% of the plot figured out by the middle of the book. While the ending made sense, the motives seemed so off. I just can't see someone caring more there crazy Sister/Sister in-law rather than their young children, especially when the sister has a history of killing children.

This isn't a very good book. And I'd avoid it if you are just getting into Agatha Christie. ( )
  TheDivineOomba | Aug 18, 2022 |
4/8/22
  laplantelibrary | Apr 8, 2022 |
Totally killing it with guessing reveals this week.

I always love the appearance of Ariadne Oliver, but overall, the book was just fine. A little bland. ( )
  misslevel | Oct 1, 2021 |
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Christie, Agathaprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Adams, TomCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Aquino, AlffredoCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Bihl, AgnieszkaTł.secondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Civís i Pol, JordiTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Correy, Michael P.Designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Coscarelli, AlbertoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fonticoli, DianaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Fraser, HughNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Παπαδημητρ… ΆνναTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:

A classic Hercule Poirot investigation, Agatha Christie's Elephants Can Remember has the expert detective delving into an unsolved crime from the past involving the strange death of a husband and wife.

Hercule Poirot stood on the clifftop. Here, many years earlier, there had been a fatal accident followed by the grisly discovery of two bodies??a husband and wife who had been shot dead.

But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves into the past and discovers that "old sins leave long shadows."

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