Poirot and Hastings take it upon themselves to investigate what happened. He is murdered before this contradiction is resolved. When they meet, Edgware tells Poirot that, on the contrary, he had agreed to one. The head is that of a very young man for someone with an adult daughter.Īctress Jane Wilkinson asks Poirot to intercede with her estranged husband, Lord Edgware, to secure her a divorce. He has taken liberties with the actual murder knife (which in the book is one used for Ellis’ corns). Tom Adams at least gets a credit for the painting on the front, which bears echoes of his cover for Roger Ackroyd. These are two reasons why I am re-collecting the editions that I originally read. Some of the print is smudged: this is typical of the shoddy 1970s / 80s versions. The cover is not nearly as appealing as the old “lined” Fontana that I would have read in the 1960s (see right).
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