num_pages: 199
description: When Hercule Poirot and his associate Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-sur-Mer to meet their client Paul Renauld they learn from the police that he has been found that morning stabbed in the back with a letter opener and left in a newly-dug grave adjacent to a local golf course.Among the plausible suspects are Renauld's wife Eloise his son Jack Renauld's immediate neighbor Madame Daubreuil the mysterious Cinderella of Hasting's recent acquaintance and some unknown visitor of the previous day--all of whom Poirot has reason to suspect. Poirot's powers of investigation ultimately triumph over the wiles of an assailant whose misdirection and motives are nearly--but not quite--impossible to spot.Contains a character key a detailed biography and an illustrated list of notable Poirot portrayals.Librarian's note: the first fifteen novels in the Hercule Poirot series are 1) The Mysterious Affair at Styles 1920; 2) The Murder on the Links 1923; 3) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1926; 4) The Big Four 1927; 5) The Mystery of the Blue Train 1928; 6) Peril at End House 1932; 7) Lord Edgware Dies 1933; 8) Murder on the Orient Express 1934; 9) Three Act Tragedy 1935; 10) Death in the Clouds 1935; 11) The A.B.C. Murders 1936; 12) Murder in Mesopotamia 1936; 13) Cards on the Table 1936; 14) Dumb Witness 1937; and 15) Death on the Nile 1937. These are just the novels; Poirot also appears in this period in a play Black Coffee 1930 and two collections of short stories Poirot Investigates 1924 and Murder in the Mews 1937. Each novel play and short story has its own entry on Goodreads.
language: English
title: The Murder on the Links
publisher: Warbler Classics