SUMMARY: After the reading of a will at a Victorian mansion, the sister of the deceased patriarch suspects he met with foul play. But before long, Cora is banished from the family tree--with eight blows of a hatchet. And detective Hercule Poirot suspects she won't be the last to go.
After the Funeral
โ Scribed by Agatha Christie
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- UND
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Edition
- Facsim. ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly - and his sister is convinced it was murder....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'ลBut he was murdered, wasn't he?'In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery.
โฆ Subjects
Mystery
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