Hickory Dickory Dock

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Summary

Genre: Murder Mystery, Detective

Format: Novel

Setting: House

Locations: England, London

Murder Methods: Poison, Blow to the Head

Recurring Characters: Poirot, Miss Felicity Lemon

Synopsis

An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel is not normally the sort of crime that arouses Hercule Poirot's interest. But when he sees the bizarre list of stolen and vandalized items - including a stethoscope, some old flannel trousers, a box of chocolates, a slashed rucksack and a diamond ring found in a bowl of a soup - he congratulates the warden, Mrs Hubbard, on a 'unique and beautiful problem'. And, reasons Poirot, if this is merely a petty thief at work, why is everyone at the hostel so frightened?

Hickory, Dickory, Dock was mentioned in Evelyn Waugh's Diaries although not by name. The entry for 18th July 1955 lists one of the joys of life as: "A new Agatha Christie story". It was first broadcast in 1995 by ITV with David Suchet as Poirot.

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