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* AsTheGoodBookSays: In the final chapter, [[spoiler:when Poirot and Mr. Barnes discuss Alistair Blunt's downfall, Poirot quotes a verse from the first book of Samuel (which he heard earlier in the book during a church service: "Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king."]]

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* AsTheGoodBookSays: In the final chapter, [[spoiler:when Poirot and Mr. Barnes discuss Alistair Blunt's downfall, Poirot quotes a verse from the first book of Samuel (which he heard earlier in the book during a church service: service): "Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king."]]
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: In the final chapter, [[spoiler:when Poirot and Mr. Barnes discuss Alistair Blunt's downfall, Poirot quotes a verse from the first book of Samuel (which he heard earlier in the book during a church service: "Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king."]]
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''One, Two, Buckle My Shoe'' (distributed as ''Patriotic Murders'' and ''An Overdose of Death'' in the US) is a part of Creator/AgathaChristie's Literature/HerculePoirot series first published in 1940.

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''One, Two, Buckle My Shoe'' (distributed as ''Patriotic Murders'' and ''An Overdose of Death'' in the US) is a part of Creator/AgathaChristie's Literature/HerculePoirot Franchise/HerculePoirot series first published in 1940.
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* SteppingStoneSpouse: The killer's first wife Gerda turns out to be a subversion. [[spoiler:Not only has he remained with her even during his marriage to his second wife Rebecca, she also serves as his accomplice in covering up his bigamy.]]
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* BlackmailBackfire: As is virtually always the case in the Agatha Christie canon, a blackmailer gets killed. Here it's Amberiotis, killed by his target, Blunt.

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* BlackmailBackfire: As is virtually always the case in the Agatha Christie canon, a blackmailer gets killed. Here it's Amberiotis, killed by his [[spoiler:his target, Blunt.Blunt]].
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** Frank Carter is rude, obnoxious bully who can't hold down a job and borrows money from his lover. [[spoiler:When he was framed for the murder of Morley and the attempted murder of Alistair Blunt, Poirot was quite tempted to ''not'' clear his name and let him hang.]]

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** Frank Carter is a rude, obnoxious bully who can't hold down a job and borrows money from his lover. [[spoiler:When he was framed for the murder of Morley and the attempted murder of Alistair Blunt, Poirot was quite tempted to ''not'' clear his name and let him hang.]]
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* {{Dedication}}: The book is dedicated to Christie's friend Dorothy North "who likes detective stories and cream, in the hope it may make up to her for the absence of the latter."

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