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1. Poirot arrives at a country house and witnesses a theatrical scene with a body lying next to a swimming pool, blood dripping into the water, and a woman standing above the body with a gun in her hand. Which novel is this?
2. An ordinary woman gets to meet her favorite movie star, who has bought a house in St. Mary Mead. The woman proudly tells the movie star how she once sneaked out of the house to meet the star even though she was sick. Which novel contains this scene as a key plot point?
3. A young man practices his golf swing when fog rises. Looking for a golf ball he misplaced, he stumbles upon a dying man at the foot of a cliff. That man's enigmatic last words never cease to haunt our hero, and he starts to investigate. Which novel is it?
4. The infallible Miss Lemon, Hercule Poirot's frighteningly efficient secretary, makes three spelling mistakes in a letter she types for her employer. Confronted about this by an incredulous Poirot, she admits that her mind was elsewhere because she was worrying about her sister. Which novel begins with this unheard-of incident?
5. A historian enjoys a cup of coffee and a sandwich in a Chelsea bar and witnesses two girls getting into a fight over a man. One girl pulls out a handful of the other's hair. The historian briefly wonders why the second girl claimed she did not feel anything but then puts it down to pride. Which novel starts like this?
6. Poirot receives a slightly confused and ambiguous letter from an old lady, asking him to investigate a certain incident for her. The letter was delayed by a few weeks. When he finally follows up, that lady is already dead. Was she murdered? Which is the book?
7. On a winter afternoon, some people hold an impromptu séance out of sheer boredom. At precisely 5.25 pm, a message rings out that a man in a village ten miles away is dead. A concerned friend goes to investigate - and finds the man dead. Likely time of death: 5.25 pm... Which novel is it?
8. A young, rich, beautiful heiress reunites with her best friend from school - and proceeds to steal her friend's fiancé. Which famous mystery is kicked off by this incident?
9. A young woman is weary of life and decides to commit suicide. Her plans are interrupted by a Secret Service agent who offers her to use another "method" to kill herself and help her country while doing so: to take the place of a dying woman and embark on a dangerous journey, which will almost certainly be the death of her. Which novel is it?
10. Hercule Poirot wants to give up London, packs his things and is about to set off for Argentina to see Hastings - who, in turn, has just arrived in England on business and comes to see Poirot. They narrowly avoid missing each other. Five minutes later, a dying man stumbles into their living room, talking about a dangerous secret organization bent on world domination. Which novel is it?
11. Mrs. Oliver is asked a very indiscreet question about her goddaughter's parents by a complete stranger. While she thinks this is very rude, she is also intrigued and considers investigating. Which late Christie novel begins like that?
12. A former policeman meets a lovely old lady on a train. She tells him she is on her way to Scotland Yard to report a murderer who has been operating undetected in her village. She relates how she saw the murderer's evil eye focus on three people who died shortly after... and now she's seen the evil eye rest on a good man whose death she wants to prevent. Hence the Yard. Some days later, the man is shocked to learn that the old lady was killed in traffic before she reached the Yard, and he decides to go to her village to find out for himself what her tale was all about. Sure enough, the man for whom the old lady feared is dead... Which is the novel?
13. In a moment of extreme boredom, Poirot receives a letter from a serial killer, announcing the date and location of his first murder. Skeptic at first, he soon finds out that the sender wasn't joking... Which novel is it?
14. Young man wanders along a slightly confusing road, suspecting nothing, when all of a sudden a girl runs from a house and collapses in his arms, screaming that there is a body in the house and a blind woman trampling on him. Which novel features this bizarre incident?
15. A man returns to England from abroad and finds out he could have given a rock-solid alibi to a man who was convicted of murder and died in prison. Since he knows for a fact that this man did not do it, he shares his knowledge, and the case is re-opened. Which book is this, one of Agatha Christie's own favorites?
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