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Who's Your Favorite Murderer?

ArlenaSMarshall 11 Apr 09 at 11:36 p.m. GMT

I know this is a very strange question, but we all have a favorite villian. Mine's Jane Wilkinson in Lord Edgware Dies. She fooled Poirot into almost eliminating her from the suspect list. She was very cunning and smart. Who's your favorite murderer?

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Bunch_Marple 17 Jan 11 at 9:48 a.m. GMT

Wasn't it Mr shaitana who said those murderers who are caught are necessarily inferior because they've been detected?

Saying that, I do admire the ingenuity of The killers in Death on the Nile and Peril at End House..

detectivefan010 17 Jan 11 at 3:54 a.m. GMT

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My favorite murderer is Inspector Sugden in Hercule Poirot's Christmas.He was so clever in executing the crime.He led everyone on a false trail to believe that the murdered had been murdered quite a few hours after the real incident!

go_leafs_nation 06 Dec 10 at 6:55 p.m. GMT

^^Remember spoiler warnings. I'm just dashing this off so no one casually glancing through the recent posts will see the name.

MissQuin 03 Dec 10 at 12:20 p.m. GMT

Orient Express spoiler in above post! Please remember spoiler warnings  Daniel. Anyway glad you enjoyed the book.

DANIEL_ZAITSEFF 02 Dec 10 at 9:03 p.m. GMT

My favorite murderers are 12 "good people" in ORIENT EXPRESS. Twelve good people and truth. 

Tommy_A_Jones 17 Nov 10 at 4:56 p.m. GMT

If people just said "The Murderer in (Add Title)" They wouldn't need to Cover them up and people could read the posts and those who have read the books would know who they are and those who haven't wouldn't have them spoillt and wouldn't let their Curiosity get the better of them

knottyceltic 02 Oct 10 at 2:25 a.m. GMT

LOL!  I'm afraid to look behind all those spoiler labels!  ;)

I wish there was a way to write which book it is and then hide the spoiler so that we could pick and choose which labels to look behind. 

Shells156 15 Sep 10 at 11:05 p.m. GMT

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1) All the murderers in The Orient Express.

2) Christine Redfern (Evil Under the Sun).  

ramloser 21 Jun 10 at 6:45 p.m. GMT

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Poirot in Curtain -and of cause judge Wargrave in " Ten little..." (I know the original title is forbidden - even though the Rime is the real clue to the solution). Anyway, Poirot hunting "X" and the judge hunting the 9 killers are the same stuff, when law isn't sufficiant we need those guys.

i_heart_mysteries 05 Jun 10 at 12:35 a.m. GMT

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Mine's Marina Gregg from The Mirror Crack'd. Even ordinary people can become so overwhelmed that they are motivated to kill. Not every killer is a psychopath.

cameronjhw 03 Jun 10 at 3 p.m. GMT

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My favorite murderers are: The passengers (Murder on the Orient Express)-they all took part in a murder for a good and justifiable cause to avenge the brutal death of a little girl as well as the tragic deaths of Colonel and Mrs. Armstrong, the stillborn child and Pierre Michel's daughter Susanne. I also like them because they got away with it. I know this next one is not from the Hercule Poirot stories but I have to say my other favorite is Judge Wargrave (And Then There Were None) because even though he was sadistic, mentally unsound, and cruel and ruthless he had a very brilliant and scheming mind. He planned the crimes very carefully, remained calm throughout the whole business on Indian Island. He took charge of the situation after the General's death. He also knew how to play on the weaknesses of Blore's foolhardy and bumbling mentality when Blore went back to the house alone and got himself killed. Armstrong's firm belief in social classes which made him a easy target for going along with faking Wargrave's death and then unsuspectedly being thrown to the sea. Lombard's belief that women are not capable of murder which leads of course to his being shot by his own revolver by Vera. Vera's hysterics and practically losing her mind after the shock of the seaweed hanging in her room. Which finally leads her to hanging herself and fulfilling the last verse of the nursery rhyme 

RubyKeene 07 May 10 at 3:41 p.m. GMT

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My favourite murderer is, of course, Hercule Poirot. He lost all credibility by being the judge, jury and executioner in Curtain. The way he went against all that he had believed in his whole life. Thou Shall Not Kill.

So, I never read that book again, and have chosen to forget that it exists (except for today)

Other than that, I think Miss Gilchrist is the best female killer.

MissQuin 28 Apr 10 at 5:43 p.m. GMT

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Taken at the Flood- Because the murderer wanted to inherit the money the victim had.

Nofret 26 Apr 10 at 11:15 a.m. GMT

Definitely the murderer in Taken at the Flood. What an audacious plan, and he/she might have got away with it without resorting to murder. Why didn't they send the victim abroad for their health instead?

Onapi11 24 Apr 10 at 5:13 a.m. GMT

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I think that Dr Shepard is a pretty awesome character and i also like Mrs Poithero (probably not spelt right) from Murder at the vicaridge

HarleyBarley 23 Apr 10 at 11:12 a.m. GMT

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Now that I've read more Christie, I believe I shall have to add to the list one more exceptional murderer: Michael Garfield (Hallowe'en Party).

3rdGirl 29 Dec 09 at 2:26 a.m. GMT

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Mine would have to be from Orient Express for their audacity, Death on the Nile because it was all for love and The Man in the Brown Suit for the sheer force of his personality.

deBellefort 28 Dec 09 at 3:52 p.m. GMT

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My favourite murderer has to be Jacqueline de Bellefort from Death on the Nile - I can't explain why, I just love her, and Simon Doyle as well.

MissQuin 20 Dec 09 at 1:55 p.m. GMT

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My favourite murderers are the Doctor in Murder of Rodger Ackroyd and also the ABC murderer was a very cunning one!

jane_delawney 07 Dec 09 at 3:34 a.m. GMT

Definitely, the killers in the Orient Express.

Tommy_A_Jones 07 Jul 09 at 11:13 a.m. GMT

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When it comes to Poirot Books Lady Westholm (Appointment With Death) and Miss Chadwick (Cat Among The Pigeons) are my Favourite Murderers

go_leafs_nation 07 Jul 09 at 9:52 a.m. GMT

Oh, this is a topic just filled to the brim with spoilers! I love it!

My favourite killer has to be the one in The Hollow. Christie spent so much time developing characters in that book, that by the end, I had gotten to care for them all.

HarleyBarley 07 Jul 09 at 1:58 a.m. GMT

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Interesting question. And I thought I was the only one who is inclined to like the murderers more.

1. Patrick Redfern (Edward Corrigan) and Christine Redfern (Christine Deverill) from Evil Under the Sun. The way they staged the entire thing was worth an applause.

2. Number Four (Claud Darrell) from The Big Four. Master of Disguise, murderer, but there was something about Number Four that intrigues me.

3. If a non-HP murderer can be nominated, it is most certainly Justice Lawrence Wargrave from And Then There Were None. A brilliant mind, and quite an excellent choice of victims also.

squatty 16 Apr 09 at 6:09 p.m. GMT

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On the whole, I often find the murderers to be the most interesting characters in the book.

Apart from the ones already mentioned I liked Charles Cartwright in Three Act Tragedy - lots of charisma and quite a tragic figure in many ways

sapphire_arisa 16 Apr 09 at 11:53 a.m. GMT

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i liked the doctor (sorry, forgot his name...) in Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

RobinHerne 12 Apr 09 at 6:09 p.m. GMT

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Good question. I also liked the genteel spinster Miss Milcrest, and also Mrs Lorrimer ~ that she refuses to give her motive, and earns the admiration of Poirot interests me.

Robin

ariadnepoirotmarple 12 Apr 09 at 2:42 p.m. GMT

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This is such an interesting question!:-) I love Jacqueline de Bellefort, I truly understood her feelings and she was such a romantic person... she had that sick mind and she was so evil and mean but that's what makes her soo special and my favourite villian! I also loovvveee Sheppard, when you read Roger Ackroyd he just seems such a wonderful, nice man (just like Hastings) but in the end I felt so scared, I had read pages and pages "written" by a murderer, lol. HE just scared me to death!

Tommy_A_Jones 12 Apr 09 at 11:02 a.m. GMT

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Sir Eustace Pedler

cat1234 12 Apr 09 at 10:50 a.m. GMT

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My favorite murderers are:

-Letticia Blacklock (ok she was a killer but I always felt sympathetic towards her and her motives for killing)

-Robin Upward (yes, he was a shelfish killer but I really liked the way he dealt with mrs Oliver, I thought they both were very funny)

- Mrs Gilchrist, After the funeral (for the same reasons with Letticia Blacklock)