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      The Murder on the Links

      by Agatha Christie
      Published
      Jan 1923
      Main Genre
      Private Investigator Private Investigator
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      Hercule Poirot Mysteries Book 2
      Also Appears In
      Harlequin Romance Book 441

      About This Book

      Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is summoned to France after receiving a distressing letter with a urgent cry for help. Upon his arrival in Merlinville-sur-Mer, the investigator finds the man who penned the letter, the South American millionaire Monsieur Paul Renauld, stabbed to death and his body flung into a freshly dug open grave on the golf course adjoining the property. Meanwhile the millionaire's wife is found bound and gagged in her room. Apparently, it seems that Renauld and his wife were victims of a failed break-in, resulting in Renauld's kidnapping and death.

      There's no lack of suspects: his wife, whose dagger served as the weapon; his embittered son, who would have killed for independence; and his mistress, who refused to be ignored - and each felt deserving of the dead man's fortune. The police think they've found the cumprit. But Poirot has his doubts. Why is the dead man wearing an overcoat that is too big for him? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse...

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      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction Suspense

      Subgenres

      Cozy Mystery Crime Historical Historical Mystery Mystery Police Procedural Private Investigator Thriller

      Themes

      Death / Dying

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