Lord Edgware Dies (Poirot)

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The narrator is as ever, Captain Arthur Hastings, who describes what he thinks of as his friend’s limitations in an affectionate way: Cooper, John; Pyke, B.A. (1994). Detective Fiction – the collector's guide (Seconded.). Scholar Press. pp.82, 86. ISBN 0-85967-991-8. I've read Lord Edgware dies more than 10years ago and I only remembered that I really liked it and I had only a feeling about what happens in the end.

The book was adapted by Carnival Films as a one-hundred-and-twenty minute drama and transmitted on ITV in the UK on Saturday, 19 February 2000 as a special episode in their series Agatha Christie's Poirot. This version is extremely faithful to the novel, only deviating by including series regular Miss Felicity Lemon, who was not in the original mystery.

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Books in Lord Edgware's study: the memoirs of Casanova, a book about the Comte de Sade, and a book on mediaeval tortures

Prominent in the story are Jane Wilkinson, who like many actresses depicted in fiction, seems completely self-obsessed, and described by her friends as having no conscience at all. But despite reports of having been seen in Lord Edgware’s house at the time of the murder, she has a perfect alibi, as she was also seen attending a dinner with a dozen other guests. It is still an enjoyable story, very well made, it look sumptuous like the early Poirot mysteries. At the end though, you are only left with one plausible suspect. And Lord Edgware? Good riddance to bad rubbish. I was almost, almost sorry the killer didn't get away with it; had it not involved the collateral damage it did, I'd've said, "let sleeping dogs lie," and gone about my day. Ma'at must be preserved, though. Dame Agatha knew best. The Secret of Chimneys - The Seven Dials Mystery - Cards on the Table - Murder is Easy - Towards ZeroMy only complained is that while following the unraveling of the mystery I grew fond of some characters and felt disappointed when in the end there was no information given as to their whereabouts. Lord Edgware is a rude and ill-tempered man who nobody likes. Ronald Marsh even proposes a toast to the murderer for improving their lives.