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Oct 25, 2011 · In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady. Mrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head.
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Mrs McGinty's Dead is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1952 and in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 3 March the same year.
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34,181 ratings1,945 reviews. In Mrs. McGinty’s Dead, one of Agatha Christie’s most ingenious mysteries, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady. Mrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head.
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Poirot, disillusioned by the “senseless cruel brutality” of modern crime, pays no attention to the sad case of Mrs McGinty, an old woman apparently struck dead by her lodger for thirty pounds that she kept under a floorboard. When, however, he is asked by the investigating officer to take another look at the case in order to stop an innocent man go...
The novel is named after a children's game - a sort of follow-the-leader type of verse somewhat like the Hokey-Pokey - that is explained in the course of the novel.
Ariadne Oliver, crime novelist who first met Poirot in Cards on the TableNo review of this book appeared in the Times Literary Supplement. Maurice Richardson of The Observerof March 23, 1952 thought that Poirot was, "slightly subdued" and summed up "Not one of A.C's best-constructed jobs, yet far more readable than most other people's." Robert Barnard: "This village murder begins among the rural proletariat (cf. Death b...
References to other works
1. When Superintendent Spence arrives to see Poirot, the detective reacts to him as though it has been many years since the case on which they worked. The case in question was, however, the one retold in Taken at the Flood, which is the previous novel in the series, and was explicitly set in 1946. At most, it can only have been six years since they last worked together. 2. Poirot refers in the first chapter to a case in which the resemblance between a wealthy financier and a soap boiler he ha...
Murder Most Foul
The novel was adapted by MGM in 1964 as the film Murder Most Foul. However, in an unusual move, the character of Poirot was replaced with Christie's other most famous detective Miss Marple (portrayed by Margaret Rutherford), who comes onto the case when she is a juror in the trial of the lodger who is accused of the murder. As she is the only juror to believe the lodger is innocent and will not join with the others to vote guilty the jury foreman says to the judge that they cannot make up the...
Agatha Christie's Poirot
A television film was produced in 2007 with David Suchet as Poirot in the ITV series Agatha Christie's Poirot, first broadcast on 14 September 2008. It was directed by Ashley Pearce, who also directed Appointment with Death and Three Act Tragedy for the ITV series. It also starred Zoë Wanamaker and Richard Hope returning as Ariadne Oliver (who first appeared in Cards on the Table) and Superintendent Spence (who first appeared in Taken at the Flood), respectively. The adaptation is very faithf...
Radio 4 Adaptation
Mrs McGinty's Dead was adapted for radio by BBC Radio 4 in 2006, featuring John Moffattas Poirot.
1952: Dodd Mead and Company (New York), February 1952, Hardback, 243 pp1951: Chicago Tribune, serialised in 13 parts from 7 Oct 19511954: Mrs McGinty's Dead and They Do it with Mirrors(omnibus), Companion Book Club / Herald-Sun Readers Book Club, 1954.1954: Star Weekly Weekly Complete Novel, likely abridged, 25 Dec 1954, as "Blood Will Tell".Chinese (Simplified): 清洁女工之死(The Death of the Charwoman)Czech: Smrt staré posluhovačky(The Death of an Old Charwoman)Dutch: Poirot komt terug(Poirot Returns)French: Mrs McGinty est morte(Mrs McGinty is Dead)What we have is Poirot called in by his friend Superintendent Spence to look into the case of a young man called James Bentley, who is accused of murdering his housekeeper, the titular Mrs. McGinty.
In Mrs. McGinty's Dead, one of Agatha Christie's most ingenious mysteries, the intrepid Hercule Poirot must look into the case of a brutally murdered landlady. Mrs. McGinty died from a brutal blow to the back of her head.
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Dec 23, 2023 · Poirot, disillusioned by the "senseless cruel brutality" of modern crime, pays no attention to the sad case of Mrs McGinty, an old woman apparently struck dead by her lodger for thirty pounds that she kept under a floorboard.
