Delicious Death

UK

Collins, London, Nov. 1936

US

Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1937

The Saturday Evening Post, May.2-Jun.6 1936

Plot

Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's private collection.
Indeed, what began as an absorbing evening of brdge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether.

Contents

1. Mr Shaitana • 2. Dinner at Mr Shaitana's • 3. A Game of Bridge • 4. First Murderer? • 5. Second Murderer? • 6. Third Murderer? • 7. Fourth Murderer? • 8. Which of Them? • 9. Dr Roberts • 10. Dr Roberts (continued) • 11. Mrs Lorrimer • 12. Anne Meredith • 13. Second Visitor • 14. Third Visitor • 15. Major Despard • 16. The Evidence of Elsie Batt • 17. The Evidence of Rhoda Dawes • 18. Tea Interlude • 19. Consultation • 20. The Evidence of Mrs Luxmore • 21. Major Despard • 22. Evidence from Combeacre • 23. THe Evidence of a Pair of Silk Stockings • 24. Elimination of Three Murderers? • 25. Mrs Lorrimer Speaks • 26. The Truth • 27. The Eye-Witness • 28. Suicide • 29. Accident • 30. Murder • 31. Cards on the Table

Characters

Hercule Poirot • Superintendent Battle • Mrs. Benson • Mrs. Cradock • Charles Cradock • Rhoda Dawes • Major John Hugh Despard • Gerald Hemmingway • Mrs. Lorrimer • Mrs. Luxmore • Anne Meredith • Sergent O'Connor • Mrs. Ariadne Oliver • Colonel Johnny Race • Dr. Roberts • Mr. Shaitana

Cards on the Table (play)

adapted by Leslie Darbon
at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, on December 9, 1981

Films & TV

Cards on the Table, ITV/UK, 2006

Agahta Christie's POIROT X

Cartes sur table, FR, 2014

Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie Saison 2

Chorabali, India, 2016

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