Shaitana, a mysterious foreign man who is consistently described as devil-like in appearance and manner. All of the suspects are reasonably suspectible.Īt an exhibition of snuff boxes, Hercule Poirot meets Mr. Before the evening is over, a murder has been committed. The other four are murderers, or so says the host.Īfter dinner, the host insists on bridge being played, and divides the guests into two tables of four, in two rooms himself sitting out. The host has invited eight to his party, and with devilish glee informs Poirot that of the eight diners, four are more or less specialists in detection - Scotland yard a mystery novelist and so on. Her Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, is invited to a London dinner party, among a most oddly chosen group of guests. The solution to the murder lies not so much in establishing alibis and time of death, tracking footprints or the like, but within a process of superb psychological detective work. Poirot."Ī neat trick, or a grand slam? Agatha Christie's novel Cards on the Table presents a mystery of an unusual shape. Shaitana leaned forward and laid two fingers on Poirot's shoulder. "And what do you consider the best objects, artistically speaking, in crime?" inquired Poirot. I collect only the best objects of their kind." "The cup used by the Brighton murderer, the jemmy of a celebrated burglar - absurd childishness! I should never burden myself with rubbish like that.
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