After the Funeral

Collins, London, 1953
Dodd Mead, New York, 1953 as "Funeral are Fatal"

For James
In memory of happy days at Abney

Plot

(from HarperCollins "The Agatha Christie Collection" cover)

When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance.

At the reading of Richard's will, Cora was clearly heard to say: 'It's been hushed up very nicely, hasn't it...But he was murdered, wasn't he?'

In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.

Characters

Hercule Poirot, Helen Abernethie, Maude Abernethie, Timothy Abernethie, Gregory Banks, Susan Abernethie Banks, George Crossfield, Miss Entwhistle, Mr. Entwhistle, Miss Gilchrist, Mr. Goby, Alexander Guthrie, Janet Lanscombe, Cora Abernethie Lansquenet, Inspector Morton, Michael Shane, Rosamund Abernethie Shane

Movie & TV

[MV] Murder at the Gallop, 1963(UK)

[direct] George Pollock; [script] James P.Cavanagh

[cast] Margaret Rutherford(Miss Marple), Robert Morley(Hector Enderby), Flora Robson(Miss Milchrest), Charles Tingwell(Inspector Craddock), Stringer Davis(Mr.Stringer), Duncan Lamont(Hillman), Katya Douglas(Rosamund Shane), James Villiers(Michael Shane), Robert Urquhart(George Crossfield), Gordon Harris(Sergeant Bacon)

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