Lord Edgware Dies

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Lord Edgware Dies is a Hercule Poirot detective novel by Agatha Christie, centered on the seemingly impossible murder of a titled aristocrat whose death unravels a web of alibis and deception.

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instanceOf crime fiction work
detective novel
novel
adaptation Lord Edgware Dies (1934 film)
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Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot TV episode)
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adaptedFor film
television
alternativeTitleUsedIn United States
author Agatha Christie
containsMurderMystery killing of a titled aristocrat
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Captain Arthur Hastings
linked to: Arthur Hastings

Chief Inspector Japp
Hercule Poirot
Jane Wilkinson NERFINISHED
featuresDetective Hercule Poirot
firstPublishedIn United Kingdom
firstPublisher Collins Crime Club
genre detective fiction
mystery fiction
hasAlternativeTitle Thirteen at Dinner
hasCoverArtist notable early UK editions illustrated by contemporary artists
hasInspectorCharacter Chief Inspector Japp
hasTheme deception in high society
identity and impersonation
the reliability of alibis
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryPeriod Golden Age of Detective Fiction
mainCharacter Captain Arthur Hastings
linked to: Arthur Hastings

Chief Inspector Japp
Hercule Poirot
Jane Wilkinson NERFINISHED
Lord Edgware
narrator Captain Arthur Hastings
linked to: Arthur Hastings
partOfAuthorBibliography Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels
plotElement alibis and deception
apparently impossible murder
protagonistNationality Belgian
protagonistOccupation private detective
publicationYear 1933
publisher Collins Crime Club
series Hercule Poirot series
settingLocation London
linked to: London, England
timePeriodOfSetting interwar period
victim Lord Edgware
workInSeriesPosition Hercule Poirot novel of early 1930s

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Murder on the Orient Express precededBy Lord Edgware Dies
Hercule Poirot appearsInWork Lord Edgware Dies
Hercule Poirot series hasWork Lord Edgware Dies
Lord Edgware Dies adaptation Lord Edgware Dies (1934 film)
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Lord Edgware Dies adaptation Lord Edgware Dies (Hercule Poirot TV episode)
linked to: Lord Edgware Dies