The Murder on the Links
1923

A wealthy Englishman stabbed in the back and left in a freshly dug grave beside a golf course. This is the grim welcome that awaits Hercule Poirot when he arrives at the French seaside village of Merlinville-sur-Mer, summoned by a client who feared for his life, but who arrives too late to save. Paul Renauld is dead, and his killer has constructed an elaborate trail of false leads,真假难辨的嫌疑人,以及一个来自巴黎警察总署的竞争对手, all determined to throw the great detective off the scent. Arthur Hastings, meanwhile, has his own distractions: a captivating young woman from his train journey who seems to appear at every inopportune moment, her own mysterious connection to the case threatening to cloud his normally steadfast judgment. Poirot must untangle a web of buried secrets and long-past crimes,his legendary memory for similar murders proving the only key to unlocking a puzzle nearly perfect in its deception. The Murder on the Links showcases a young Christie already mastering her craft, delivering a mystery that entertains, misdirects, and ultimately satisfies in equal measure. For readers who relish golden age puzzles, romantic subplots, and the pleasure of watching a brilliant mind work.
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“Two people rarely see the same thing.””
— Agatha Christie
“Now I am old-fashioned. A woman, I consider, should be womanly. I have no patience with the modern neurotic girl who jazzes from morning to night, smokes like a chimney, and uses language which would make a billingsgate fishwoman blush!””
— Agatha Christie
“The heart of a woman who loves will forgive many blows.””
— Agatha Christie
“When will a woman lie? Sometimes for herself. Usually for the man she loves. Always for her children.””
— Agatha Christie
“Man is an unoriginal animal. Unoriginal within the law in his daily respectable life, equally unoriginal outside the law. If a man commits a crime, any other crime he commits will resemble it closely.””
— Agatha Christie
“It would mean a good film, the story that you have recounted to me there - but it bears no sort of resemblance to everyday life.''I admit that I haven't gone into all the details, but-''You have gone farther - you have ignored them magnificently.””
— Agatha Christie
“My friend, in working upon a case, one does not take into account only the things that are "mentioned". There is no reason to mention many things which may be important. Equally, there is often an excellent reason for not mentioning them.””
— Agatha Christie
“The little grey cells, my friend, the little grey cells! They told me.””
— Agatha Christie
“There! Now we're friends!" declared the minx. "Say you're sorry about my sister -""I am desolated!""That's a good boy!””
— Agatha Christie
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