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A novel by Creator/AgathaChristie published in 1932, featuring Literature/HerculePoirot.
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A novel by Creator/AgathaChristie published in 1932, featuring Literature/HerculePoirot.Franchise/HerculePoirot.
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* CoincidentalDodge: Nick appears to be bothered by a fly near her face. It turns out to be a bullet that went through her hat and narrowly missed hitting her, which Poirot finds nearby. [[spoiler:Subverted; she planted the bullet, made the hole in her hat, and pretended to be bothered by a fly, all to re-enforce the idea that someone was trying to kill her.]]
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* CoincidentalDodge: Nick appears to be bothered by a fly near her face. It turns out to be a bullet that went through her hat and narrowly missed hitting her, which Poirot finds nearby. [[spoiler:Subverted; she planted the bullet, made the hole in her hat, and pretended to be bothered by a fly, all to re-enforce reinforce the idea that someone was trying to kill her.]]
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* LostWillAndTestament: Nick's will is missing, only to turn up after her [[spoiler:faked]] death, and it turns out that it's a fake made by [[spoiler:the Crofts, who persuaded her to make a will in the first place, then prevented it from reaching her cousin/lawyer after she survived the operation. When she apparently dies for real, then send their version to him]].
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* LostWillAndTestament: Nick's will is missing, only to turn up after her [[spoiler:faked]] death, and it turns out that it's a fake made by [[spoiler:the Crofts, who persuaded her to make a will in the first place, then prevented it from reaching her cousin/lawyer after she survived the operation. When she apparently dies for real, then they send their version to him]].
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* SignificantNameOverlap: Both [[spoiler:Nick and Maggie]] share the same legal name, [[spoiler:Magdala]], and this is what makes the murderer's plan even possible. [[spoiler:Nick pretends that someone is after her life to gain the inheritance she had just received from her deceased fiancee--except the one who's meant to inherit the wealth is actually Maggie, and ''Nick'' murders ''her'' for the money while pretending that the killer had got the wrong victim]].
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* SignificantNameOverlap: Both [[spoiler:Nick and Maggie]] share the same legal name, [[spoiler:Magdala]], and this is what makes the murderer's plan even possible. [[spoiler:Nick pretends that someone is after her life to gain the inheritance she had just received from her deceased fiancee--except fiance--except the one who's meant to inherit the wealth is actually Maggie, and ''Nick'' murders ''her'' for the money while pretending that the killer had got the wrong victim]].
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** In a lower-stakes example, [[spoiler:Jim offers to buy one of Nick's paintings for far more than it's worth, knowing that she'll be utterly confused and baffled by this. The next time he asks to buy one of her paintings, she'll assume that he's offering too much again when the inverse is true and sell it without an appraisal.]]
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** In a lower-stakes example, [[spoiler:Jim offers to buy one of Nick's paintings for far more than it's worth, knowing that she'll be utterly confused by this and baffled by this. The will probably get the painting in question valued, upon which she'll find that he was offering too much. Therefore, the next time he asks to buy one of her paintings, she'll assume that he's offering too much again when the inverse is true and just sell it without an appraisal.bothering to get it valued. That second painting actually is quite valuable, and Jim will stand to net a tidy profit.]]
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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, Mr and Mrs Croft who are 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...
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While staying at a Cornish [[UsefulNotes/{{Cornwall}} 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, Mr and Mrs Croft who are 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...
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** When Charles Vyse reads out Nick's will, everyone was surprised to hear that she had left her entire fortune to [[spoiler:Mrs Croft]]. This turns out to be a forgery.
** Another, less direct version as well. [[spoiler: While Nick doesn't present a forged will, she does try to forge being the "Magdala Buckley" mentioned in the will when it actually referred to her cousin]].
** Another, less direct version as well. [[spoiler: While Nick doesn't present a forged will, she does try to forge being the "Magdala Buckley" mentioned in the will when it actually referred to her cousin]].
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** When Charles Vyse reads out Nick's will, everyone was surprised to hear that she had left her entire fortune to [[spoiler:Mrs Croft]]. This turns out to be a forgery.
forgery, [[spoiler: she being known to the police for engaging in this particular criminal activity, albeit by a different name]].
** Another, less direct version as well. [[spoiler: While Nick doesn't present a forged will, she does try to forge being the "Magdala Buckley" mentioned inthe Michael Seton's will when it actually referred to her cousin]].
** Another, less direct version as well. [[spoiler: While Nick doesn't present a forged will, she does try to forge being the "Magdala Buckley" mentioned in
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* GreedyJew: Poirot finds it suspicious that Lazarus is offering Nick several times what a painting is worth. It transpires that [[spoiler: he intends Nick to get the painting valued, discover he's being generous, and then ''not'' get a valuation the ''next'' time he offers to buy a painting from her.]]
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* SizableSemiticNose: When discussing Lazarus, Poirot comments on the length of his nose as if this and the likelihood of him being a GreedyJew are directly linked.
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* SummationGathering: As usual, Poirot gathers all the principals together to identify the murderer. He mixes it up this time by staging a SpookySeance.
