Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie

And I'd avoid it if you are just getting into Agatha Christie. Read 2,212 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. I just can't see someone caring more there crazy Sister/Sister in-law rather than their young children, especially when the sister has a history of killing children. Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, 33) by Agatha Christie Elephants Can Remember book. As I read these pages, I wondered whether Agatha Christie had based the character of Mrs Oliver on herself.

It begins with the famed detective novelist Mrs Ariadne Oliver begrudgingly attending a literary luncheon. While the ending made sense, the motives seemed so off. ‘Elephants Can Remember’ was first published in 1972, 4 years prior to Agatha Christie’s death. It features her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and the recurring character Ariadne Oliver. I also had about 75% of the plot figured out by the middle of the book. Agatha Christie - Elephants Can Remember - 04 - Part 04 Of 5.mp3 download 83.3M Agatha Christie - Elephants Can Remember - 05 - Part 05 Of 5. Elephants Can Remember is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in 1972. Even the police seemed to have dropped the case as a matter of fact sort of thing. Oliver not really knowing much about her friend's death, even is She was traveling in America at the time, the gossip would have followed her, and it would have been sensational. Like Celia not seeming to care much that her parents died in a murder suicide plot, or that Mrs.

And I found most of the characters to be unbelievable. She passed away 3 years after this was written, and considering that she long career as a writer, its expected not everything is good.Īs for the book itself, I found the characters annoying, too much pointless chit-chat, mentions of people that seemed rather important, but never brought up (for example, what happened to the young girl her pushed her brother and he fell, hitting his head and dying). I suspect that this was written late in the author's career. This is only the third Agatha Christie book that I have read, but compared to the first wo (Murder of Roger Ackroyd & The Orient Express), this one was a complete let down.

Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie