Four and Twenty Blackbirds

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Summary

Genre: Murder Mystery, Detective

Format: Short Story

Location: England

Recurring Characters: Hercule Poirot

Synopsis

‘Old Father Time’, a guest at the Gallant Endeavour restaurant, has eaten there every Tuesday and Thursday for ten years. When Poirot suddenly finds out he ate there the previous Monday he must find out why.

Published in 1940 this story was known in the USA as Poirot and the Regular Customer. Filmed for television in 1989 with David Suchet as Poirot.

Published in The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and also in Three Blind Mice and Other Stories in the US.

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