![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A diamond ring, light bulbs, a stethoscope, lipstick, one shoe…what can be the connection? Finding an excuse to visit Hickory Road for himself, Poirot begins to investigate. Strange things have been happening at the hostel, Miss Lemon explains – a number of items have been stolen, but there seems to be no logic behind the thefts. When Poirot asks her if something is wrong, she confesses that she’s worried about her sister, Mrs Hubbard, who has recently begun working at a student hostel on Hickory Road. The novel begins with the unthinkable – Poirot’s very efficient secretary, Miss Lemon, has made a mistake! Several mistakes, in fact, in a letter she has been typing. I chose a book I hadn’t read, Hickory Dickory Dock, which is a Poirot mystery first published in 1955. A lot of Christie’s novels involve murders carried out in this way and there were plenty of suggestions on the official challenge page this month. February’s prompt for the Read Christie 2023 challenge is a murder method – the use of a blunt object. ![]()
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