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1. In the mystery "Death on the Nile", two people were responsible for the murders, but one of them was the real mastermind. Who was it?
2. In "Evil Under the Sun", almost everyone despises Arlene Stuart Marshall. But who murders her? Her stepdaughter? Her husband? Her husband's old flame? The jealous wife?....
3. "Ordeal by Innocence", a favorite of Ms.Christie herself, is about a family who thinks their brother/ son Jacko murdered his mother, Rachel Argyle. But when a stranger shows up one day to let them know Jacko was innocent of the crime after all, they are faced with the uncomfortable knowledge that one of them is the murderer. Who is the guilty party?
4. In "Towards Zero", Superintendent Battle, who we first met in "Cards on the Table", has to discover who murdered Lady Tressilian. But to discover that, he has to know who the murderer is ultimately trying to kill by framing then for Lady Tressilian's death and sending them to the gallows. Who is the evil mastermind?
5. In "Pocket Full of Rye", Rex Fortescue is murdered and found with a pocket full of rye cereal. Who wanted the wealthy man dead the most?
6. In "Poirot Loses A Client", (also called "Dumb Witness"), Poirot receives a letter from an elderly woman who fears her life is in danger, but by the time Poirot receives the letter, Emily Arundell is already dead. Which of her relatives committed the dastardly deed?
7. In "The Sittaford Mystery" (also entitled The Murder at Hazelmoor) the story begins at a seance where the "spirits" tell the attendants that Captain Trevelyan has been murdered. Which one of the members of the party murdered the Captain?
8. In "The Moving Finger", a rash of nasty anonymous letters plague the citizens of Lymstock. One of these letters provokes a suicide- or was the letter writer using them as a ruse to cover up murder? After a parlor maid is found stabbed in the back of the head,questions arise. Who is the guilty party?
9. In "Murder on the Links", M.Renauld appeals to Poirot for help,much like Emily Arundell in " Poirot Loses A Client". Renauld's letter arrives too late, and he dies before Poirot can help him. Who is his killer?
10. In "Third Girl", Mrs.Oliver teams up with Poirot to discover if a young girl is simply a paranoid drug addict, or really a murderer as she claims to be. They discover she is a hapless victim of the real killer- who?
11. In "Nemesis", Miss Marple is called on from the grave by her old friend Jason Rafiel, whom we met in "A Carribean Mystery". Mr. Rafiel doesn't believe that his son Michael really murdered his girlfriend , Verity Hunt, and he wants Miss Marple to see if she can discover who the real murderer is. Who is really responsible for Verity's death?
12. In "Mrs. McGinty's Dead", Poirot is trying to save a man from the gallows at the request of his old friend Superintendent Spence. Who did he discover to be the killer of Mrs. McGinty?
13. "Elephants Can Remember" is a look back to an old crime. Poirot and Mrs. Oliver try to figure out how Lord and Lady Ravenscroft died. Was it a murder-suicide? Maybe, but maybe there was more to it than that. Who else was involved?
14. "Sleeping Murder", Miss Marple's final case, also goes back in time to revisit an old crime. Gwenda Reed is sure that when she was a little girl she saw the dead body of her stepmother, Helen. Did her father kill her, or someone else?
15. "Five Little Pigs" (or" Murder in Retrospect")deals with the narcissistic artist Amyas Crale's death. His daughter wants to know- did her mother really deserve to be hung for her husbands's death, or did someone else committ the crime? Do you remember who the real murderer was?
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