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Guess That Murder Victim

Mr_Graves 12 Oct 10 at 4:57 a.m. GMT

I thought there needed to be some recognition for those who gave their lives to being murdered in the Agatha Christie novels. So in this game, you must try to guess which character is being described, and also HOW THEY WERE MURDERED. Here is an example...

"I am a foolish and rather credulous maid, and I do not save any of my money, rather spending it on things like nylons and theater tickets. I used to work for Miss Jane Marple, but was taken into the employ of the Fortescue family. What is my name and how was I killed?"

The answer to this would be : "Gladys Martin, who was strangled with a pair of stockings in 'A Pocket Full of Rye' ". You don't have to say which book the character was murdered in. 

So here's a starter: "I am a dislikable and trouble-making boy, who always seems to be making people cross. It's only for a laugh, though! I recently got into a bit of trouble with a certain Lord... What is my name and how was I murdered?"

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Nofret 20 May 12 at 4:52 a.m. GMT

Well done, Mr G, it is Mrs Benson, poisoned by the person she suspected of theft.

Your turn.

Mr_Graves 19 May 12 at 5:36 a.m. GMT

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Mrs Benson, "Cards on the Table"? A victim of Miss Meredith's in the book, and bizarrely of Rhoda Dawes' in the 2006 adaptation. Such a shame, I felt, to such a nice character!

Nofret 19 May 12 at 5:27 a.m. GMT

Not Emily Inglethorpe, though everyone is correct in the fact that the character is an elderly female. In the TV adaptation, however, she was murdered by a different person from in the book.

Mr_Graves 18 May 12 at 7:54 p.m. GMT

Emily Inglethorpe, Christie's first victim, poisoned in "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"?

Nofret 18 May 12 at 11:30 a.m. GMT

Not Miss Barrowby.

Mr_Graves 18 May 12 at 5:56 a.m. GMT

Miss Amelia Barrowby, "How Does Your Garden Grow"?

Nofret 18 May 12 at 4:58 a.m. GMT

Not Bunny, Emily Arundel or Mrs Pengelly, and this person doesn't appear in a short story.

NightRayDuck 17 May 12 at 8:04 p.m. GMT

Mrs. Pengelley in that Poirot short story? I forget the title. She was poisoned, I think.

Bunch_Marple 17 May 12 at 3:23 p.m. GMT

Emily Arandel?

Tommy_A_Jones 17 May 12 at 2:02 p.m. GMT

Bunny

Nofret 16 May 12 at 3:56 p.m. GMT

It could be, Bunch, though I don't think she was aware of anyone getting one over on her.

Bunch_Marple 16 May 12 at 10:08 a.m. GMT

Elinor Carlisle's aunt in Sad Cypress?

Nofret 16 May 12 at 6:53 a.m. GMT

Thank you, Duck, and welcome, mstj. Try this one -

Just because I'm no longer in the first flush of youth, and suffer a little, er, indisposition, it doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with my mental facilities! A certain person is taking advantage of me!

NightRayDuck 15 May 12 at 5:06 p.m. GMT

Nofret is correct with Philip Durrant stabbed in the back of the head in Ordeal by Innocence. Well done, Nofret, your turn.

hello mstj, good to see you! :D

mstj 15 May 12 at 9:37 a.m. GMT

Poisoned?  Either that or Nofret's suggestion.  I don't remember Ordeal By Innocence very well.

Nofret 15 May 12 at 4:39 a.m. GMT

Stabbed in the back of the head?

NightRayDuck 15 May 12 at 12:50 a.m. GMT

The victim is Philip Durrant. Cause of death / murder method, please?

Tommy_A_Jones 14 May 12 at 10:57 a.m. GMT

Stephen Restarick

Nofret 13 May 12 at 11:55 a.m. GMT

I think it may be Philip Durrant from Ordeal by Innocence.

Mr_Graves 13 May 12 at 7:24 a.m. GMT

Possibly Miss Murgatroyd, "A Murder is Announced"?