In Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie, Judith Butler has organized an Eleven Plus party. During the party, Joyce Reynolds is murdered. It appears that she was murdered to prevent her from revealing an earlier murder that she witnessed, but which one? And who was the murderer? And why was she, a compulsive liar, even believed? And what about the au pair girl who forged a will but ran off before she could be prosecuted? At 79, Agatha Christie still has it- so many suspects and such a straightforward crime once it is revealed.
The party entertainment includes bobbing for apples, a game where the girls see their future husbands in hand mirrors, and a Snapdragon. The Snapdragon is a bowl of raisins, doused in brandy and set alight in a darkened room. During the Snapdragon, Joyce is drowned in the tub of water used for apple bobbing.
Hercule Poirot is accompanied by the mystery novelist, Mrs. Ariadne Oliver. The book references Narcissus, Lady Macbeth, and strangely, the double axe of the short-lived Minoans.
This is book 35, 36, or 41 in the series- published in 1969. The first book was published in 1920 and the last by Agatha Christie in 1975.
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