Elephants Can Remember
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Chapter Book · 1972

Elephants Can Remember

Book #42 in the Hercule Poirot series

Detective revisits a mysterious double death. Suicide, passion, or murder?

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224 pages· 42,452 words
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Detective Poirot stands on a clifftop where a couple was found dead years ago. Was it a suicide pact, a crime of passion, or murder? As he investigates, old secrets resurface.

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In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the expert detective delves into an unsolved crime from the past involving the strange death of a husband and wife.Hercule Poirot stood on the clifftop. Here, many years earlier, there had been a fatal accident followed by the grisly discovery of two bodies–a husband and wife who had been shot dead.But who had killed whom? Was it a suicide pact? A crime of passion? Or cold-blooded murder? Poirot delves into the past and discovers that “old sins leave long shadows.”

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Format
Paperback
Pages
224
Words
42,452
Audience
Adult
Lexile
750L
Themes & topics
Books about murder investigationsBooks about historyBooks about family secrets
What readers & critics say

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Enjoyed this much less than other Christie novels. Strange wanderings into twin dynamics and mental illnesses. I did enjoy the British politeness, making almost every conversation never get to the point.

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The fine print

Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
6
F&P level
~R
AR points
10
AR interest level
UG
AR quiz
8865
Publication
Published
October 25, 2011
First published
November 1, 1972
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780062074034

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