num_pages: 317
description: Everyone blamed Emily Arundell’s accident on a rubber ball left on the stairs at her home in Market Basing by her frisky terrier, Bob. But the more she thought about her fall, the more convinced she became that one of her relatives was trying to kill her.So, on April 17th she wrote about her anxieties and suspicions in a letter to Hercule Poirot. And included a request that he consult with her as soon as possible. Mysteriously he didn’t receive the letter until June 28th … by which time Emily was already dead.
language: English
title: Dumb Witness
titlecomplete: Dumb Witness (Hercule Poirot, #17)
characters: Hercule Poirot, Dr. Jacob Tanios, Dr. James Sheppard, Julia and Isabel Tripp, Gabler and Stretcher, Dr. Grainger, Mrs. Peters, Bob (Dumb Witness), Arthur Hastings, Emily Arundell, Nurse Carruthers, Wilhelmina ‘Minnie’ Lawson, Charles Arundell, Bella Tanios, Miss Peabody (Dumb Witness), The maid and the cook at Littlegreen, Mrs. Varley, Mary Fox, The waiter at the George, The chemist (Dumb Witness), Dr Rex Donaldson, Mr. Purvis from Harchester, Georges (The Nemean Lion), Theresa Arundell, Norman Gale
genres: Audiobook, Detective, Thriller, Crime, Classics, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, British Literature, Fiction, Murder Mystery
ratings_count: 36252
places: Market Basing, Berkshire, England, London, England
series: Hercule Poirot
publisher: HarperCollins