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Loading... After The Funeral (1953)by Agatha Christie
   No current Talk conversations about this book.  Robertgreaves | Aug 8, 2023 |  Agatha Christie presents another delicious mystery and with members of the family stretching out hands for money. Richard Abernethie dies and his will names six relatives who will each receive a share in the estate. After the funeral, his youngest sibling, Cora, asks the question: “was he murdered?” The attorney, Mr. Entwhistle, proceeds to give details about each relative. How delightful for this picture of the family. Someone brutally murders Cora. Mr. Entwhistle employs Hercule Poirot to investigate the deaths. Margaret Rutherford portrays Miss Marple in the film adaptation of Murder at the Gallop. Rutherford shines in her performance as Miss Marple, what a treat! Back to the actual book by Agatha Christie with all the red herrings with the members of the family exposed in all their foibles. (  ) delphimo | Jul 30, 2023 | Another post-war Poirot, where the changing times are a backdrop to murder. The younger generation gather for the funeral of Richard Abernathie, businessman and heir to a family fortune founded on Victorian era corn plasters. The big house is now run by three servants, the family are more interested in the money than family feeling. Richard's younger sister Cora who is known for speaking inconvenient truths throws out a suggestion of murder and the next day is brutally murdered herself. Aged family solicitor Entwhistle brings in Poirot to discretely find out the truth - which of the heirs may've bumped off uncle Richard? or is the solution elsewhere? And, as the excellent "All about Agatha" podcast reminds us "never discount the "help"". A good Poirot, and the repeated phrase "the rough" has entered our family lexicon! (  ) Figgles | Sep 20, 2022 | Another entertaining, though perhaps improbable, mystery story by Agatha Christie. One person dies of what seems to be natural causes and then another member of the same family is murdered with an ax. Hercule Poirot is called in to determine if the first death is a murder or natural and who did the 2nd . The is some mistaken identity and everyone is a suspect at one time or another. In the end Poirot does solve the case. The surprise would be if he didn't. ( ) MMc009 | Jan 30, 2022 | Didn't see that one coming. :) (  ) OutOfTheBestBooks | Sep 24, 2021 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Hercule Poirot is called on to investigate the murder of a brother and sister, in this classic Agatha Christie mystery now available in an updated edition with a foreword Sophie Hannah. "He was murdered, wasn't he?" When Cora Lansquenet is savagely murdered, the extraordinary remark she had made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say, "It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it. But he was murdered, wasn't he?" Did Cora's accusation a dark truth that sealed her own fate? Or are the siblings' deaths just tragic coincidences? Desperate to know the truth, the Lansquenet's solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery. For even after the funeral, death isn't finished yet . . . .No library descriptions found. |
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I couldn't work out who it was, even though Poirot actually tells us well in advance of the big reveal. (