Three Act Tragedy
by Agatha Christie
08.07.02
128/44
5-part Mystery
A tray of cocktails is passed at a party in the clifftop deco mansion of Sir Charles Cartwright, the famous actor of the London stage. In addition to his old friends, Hercule Poirot and Sir Bartholomew Strange, Charles has invited the "May" of his aspiring May/December relationship, Miss "Egg" Lytton Gore, as well as a mix of glamorous Londoners and locals of modest means. Yet for the vicar, this party is to be his last; he suddenly drops dead after drinking his cocktail. While Egg cries foul and looks to Poirot to solve the murder, Poirot, with his gimlet eye, sees no evidence of foul play: the drinks were passed randomly, the glass shows no trace of poison, and the clergyman was a harmless old soul. But weeks later, Cartwright tracks down Poirot in Monte Carlo with the shocking news that Bartholomew Strange has died — poisoned under his own roof at a party he'd hosted for largely the same group of revelers. There is no longer any question: both deaths were, indeed, murders.
The party guests, or dramatis personae, as Sir Charles calls them, are not without their individual secrets, compulsions, and desires making them suitable suspects: the gambler, the high-end designer, the ambitious playwright, the penniless aristocrat, the rejected suitor and the faithful servant. With the enthusiastic Sir Charles and Egg on hand, Poirot strives to uncover a sinister plot that yields no trace of poison but a multitude of tantalizing clues. With a murderer on the loose, can the Belgian detective, a student of human character and motive, prevent the final exit of another player before the curtain closes on the third act?
This copy is a significant upgrade to the previous post of this Title.. It is presented in 5 parts
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Thanks Rick. Poirot is great. It's good to have another one.
Robert Johnson
It's always great to have another Poirot. Thanks.
Nice one! Thanks for sharing.