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One Gunshot.
One Stabbing.
One Strangling.
The Clocks
Sheila Webb, a typist-for-hire, has arrived at 19 Wilbraham Crescent to accept a new job. What she finds is a well-dressed corpse surrounded by five clocks, each one set to a different time. But by the time the authorities arrive, four of the clocks have vanished. And unfortunately, the blind mistress of number 19 never saw a thing. Luckily the retired Hercule Poirot has nothing but time to piece together one of the most baffling puzzles of his career...Year: 1963
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Location: England
Detective: Hercule Poirot
Location: England
Cast of characters
Hercule Poirot. Also: Colonel Beck, Josiah and Valerie Bland, Edna Brent, Mr. R.H. Curry, Detective Inspector Dick Hardcastle, Mrs. Hemmings, Colin Lamb, Mrs. Lawton, Miss Martindale, Mrs. McNaughton, Angus McNaughton, Millicent Pebmarsh, Professor Purdy, Mrs. Ramsey, Ted Ramsey, Dr. Rigg, Merlina Rival, Edith and James Waterhouse, Sheila WebbPublishing history
Publishing: The novel was published in 1963 by William Collins & Sons in London, and in 1964 by Dodd, Mead & Co. in New York. The novel has not been adapted for stage or screen.Notes and reviews
"Here is the grand-manner detective story in all its glory" - New York Times Book ReviewMurder methods:
One Poisoning.One Gunshot.
One Stabbing.
One Strangling.
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