* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: The killer commits suicide through the use of [[spoiler:cocaine hidden in her wrist-watch.]] 
* CorruptTheCutie: Implied as a backstory. 
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Nick]] is pursuaded by Poirot to do this. 
* FemmeFatale 
* HatDamage: Happens to Nick while she is in conversation with Poirot. 
* HauntedHouse: End House has shades of this. [[spoiler:Lampshaded when it is suggested that the house's influence made Nick succumb to evil.]] 
* JustOneLittleMistake: The use of a love letter that does not mention [[spoiler:Nick's serious operation, despite being dated for that time. Also her RevealingCoverup at the end.]] 
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: This trope appears to be in play for the attempts on Nick's life. [[spoiler:This is her cover for the crime she is planning.]] 
* MurderByMistake: [[spoiler:Inverted. Nick dressed up her murder of Maggie as this.]] 
* OneSteveLimit: [[spoiler:Averted. Nick and Maggie are both called "Magdala Buckley", and this is what makes Nick's plan possible.]] 
* RevealingCoverup: [[spoiler:Nick]] tries to frame [[spoiler:Mrs Rice]] by placing a gun in her coat, unaware that she is being watched. 
* SpookySeance: A dramatic one that culminates in [[spoiler:Nick entering the room as her own ghost.]]

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A novel by Creator/AgathaChristie published in 1933, featuring HerculePoirot.

While staying at a Cornish resort, Poirot meets Nick Buckley, the beautiful young mistress of End House, who has escaped several attempts on her life. He decides to try to protect her and track down the would-be killer, and comes to End House where he meets an assortment of mysterious characters: Nick's cousin and lawyer Charles Vyse, the housekeeper Ellen, an Australian couple leasing the cottage on Nick's property, Nick's friends Frederica Rice, Jim Lazarus, and George Challenger, and lastly her cousin Maggie, whom she asked to stay with her at Poirot's suggestion. On the night of a firework party, a corpse is found, wearing Nick's shawl...

Peril at End House contains examples of the following tropes:

FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Nick]] is pursuaded by Poirot to do this. 
HatDamage: Happens to Nick while she is in conversation with Poirot. 
MurderByMistake: [[spoiler:Inverted. Nick dressed up her murder of Maggie as this.]] 
OneSteveLimit: [[spoiler:Averted. Nick and Maggie are both called "Magdala Buckley", and this is what makes Nick's plan possible.]] 
SpookySeance: A dramatic one that culminates in [[spoiler:Nick entering the room as her own ghost.]]

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