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One Strangling.
Mrs. McGinty's Dead
Mrs McGinty dies from a brutal blow to the back of her head. Suspicion immediately falls on her shifty lodger, James Bently, whose clothes reveals traces of the victim's blood and hair. Yet something is amiss: Bentley just doesn't look like a murderer. Poirot believes he can save the man from the gallows - what he doesn't realise is that his own life is now in great danger...Year: 1952
Detective: Poirot and Oliver
Location: England
Detective: Poirot and Oliver
Location: England
Cast of characters
Hercule Poirot, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver. Also: James Bentley, Bessie and Joe Burch, Eve and Guy Carpenter, Edna (2), Mrs. Eliot, Deirdre Henderson, Evelyn Hope, Pamela Horsefall, Mrs. Kiddell, Mrs. McGinty, Michael, Dr. and Shelagh Rendell, Superintendent Bert Spence, Major Johnnie and Maureen Summerhayes, Mrs. Sweetimen, Mrs. Laura and Robin Upward, Mr. and Mrs. Wetherby, Maude WilliamsPublishing history
Publishing: First published in 1952 by William Collins Sons & Co. in London, and by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. Films: The novel was adapted by MGM in 1964, and released as 'Murder Most Foul'. The character of Hercule Poirot was replaced by Jane Marple, played by Margaret Rutherford.Notes and reviews
Once again Ariadne Oliver is working with Hercule Poirot to solve the crime, fourteen years after they joined forces in 'Cards On The Table'. The novel is dedicated to Peter Saunders, the theatrical impressario who had launched The Mousetrap so successfully that year.Murder methods:
One Blow to the Head.One Strangling.