And if memory serves Poirot (and it does!), crime - like history - has a tendency to repeat itself. It features her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and the recurring character Ariadne Oliver. But as Poirot and Mrs Oliver and Superintendent Spence reopen the long-closed case, a startling discovery awaits them. Elephants Can Remember is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in 1972. Poirot is now a very old man, but his mind is as nimble and as sharp as ever and can still penetrate deep into the shadows. The famous mystery novelist desires this real-life mystery solved, and calls upon Hercule Poirot to help her do so. The case haunts Ariadne Oliver, who had been a friend of the couple.

They seemed well balanced and placid…' And yet, twelve years earlier, the husband had shot the wife, and then himself - or perhaps it was the other way around, since sets of both of their fingerprints were on the gun, and the gun had fallen between them. Poirot (TV Series) Elephants Can Remember (2013) Plot Showing all 5 items Jump to: Summaries (5) Summaries Ariadne Oliver becomes an amateur sleuth when her goddaughter tasks her to find out the truth behind her parents' mysterious deaths. Ariadne Oliver does some detective work when her goddaughter asks about the nature of her parents mysterious deaths.

E-book exclusive extras:1) Christie biographer Charles Osborne's essay on Elephants Can Remember 2) 'The Poirots': the complete guide to all the cases of the great Belgian detective.'The Ravenscrofts didn’t seem that kind of person.

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