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An overdose of death (The patriotic murders)

Hercule Poirot visits his dentist and a few hours later that same dentist is found dead, shot through the head. Everything points to suicide, but M. Poirot is not satisfied with the verdict. A most unusual crime story with the famous detective sifting the clues and eliminating the red herrings until he finally finds the answer and the criminal.

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  • "Patriotic murders"
  • "Patriotic murders"@en
  • "1, 2, buckle my shoe"
  • "1, 2, buckle my shoe"@en
  • "Dell Paperback Collection"@en
  • "Overdose of death"@en
  • "Overdose of death"

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  • "Hercule Poirot visits his dentist and a few hours later that same dentist is found dead, shot through the head. Everything points to suicide, but M. Poirot is not satisfied with the verdict. A most unusual crime story with the famous detective sifting the clues and eliminating the red herrings until he finally finds the answer and the criminal."@en
  • "It was shortly after his 12:30 appointment the Dr. Morley was found with a bullet through his right temple. The gun was on the floor beside him. The authorities were satisfied that the amiable old dentist had shot himself. Hercule Poirot was not. But who could have murdered him."
  • "Hercule Poirot gaat op onderzoek uit wanneer zijn tandarts dood in zijn spreekkamer gevonden wordt."
  • "The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case of murder and suicide. But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a busy day of appointments?A shoe buckle holds the key to the mystery. Now--in the words of the rhyme--can Poirot pick up the sticks and lay them straight?"@en
  • "After leaving Mr Morley's surgery, Hercule Poirot felt good that he would not have to see his dentist for another six months. Later that afternoon, Morley's body is found, he has been shot. Poirot uncovers a cunning plot strewn with false scents."@en
  • "What reason would an amiable dentist like Dr. Morely have for committing suicide? He didn't have emotional difficulties, money problems, or love trouble. What he did have was an appointment with Hercule Poirot, who is not persuaded by the suicide story and has therefore taken it upon himself to questions the good doctor's patients, partners, and friends. All he's come up with is the numbing fear that Dr. Morely wasn't an unlikely victim at all. Nor the first."
  • "Als in zijn spreekkamer het dode lichaam van een tandarts wordt gevonden, tracht detective Hercule Poirot het raadsel op te lossen."
  • "he dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his patients was found dead from a lethal dose of local anaesthetic. A clear case of murder and suicide. But why would a dentist commit a crime in the middle of a busy day of appointments?"@en
  • "When Hercule Poirot's dentist is found dead in his surgery a chain of events is set off which culminates in another death, with Poirot assembling the evidence. This BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation stars John Moffatt as Christie's Belgian sleuth."
  • ""It was shortly after his 12:30 appointment that Dr. Morley was found with a bullet through his right temple. The gun was on the floor beside him. The authorities were satisfied that the amiable old dentist had shot himself. Hercule Poirot was not. But who could have murdered him? One of Dr. Morley's glamorous patients? His hard drinking partner? His secretary's disgruntled boyfriend? All Poirot has is a hunch, too many clues and a killer who will not be satisfied with only one victim."--BOOK COVER."@en
  • "Even the great detective Hercule Poirot harboured a deep and abiding fear of the dentist, so it was with some trepidation that he arrived at the celebrated Mr Morley's surgery for a dental examination. But what neither of them knew was that, only hours later, Poirot would be back to examine the dentist - found dead in his own surgery. Turning to the other patients for answers, all Poirot finds are darker questions ..."
  • "In an investigation that begins to point toward international intrigue and terrorism, Hercule Poirot searches for his dentist's murderer."@en

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Kriminalromaner"@da
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Classic crime"@en
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Drama"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Mystery and detective fiction"@en
  • "Classic fiction"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Detective and mystery stories, English"@en
  • "Genres littéraires"

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  • "One, Two, buckle my Shoe"
  • "An overdose of death (The patriotic murders)"@en
  • "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe"
  • "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe"@en
  • "Mabellen kahdet kasvot"
  • "Mabellen kahdet kasvot"@fi
  • "One, Two, Buckle my Shoe"
  • "An overdose of death. : Original title: The patriotic murders"
  • "One, two, buckle my shoe : [a Poirot detective story]"
  • "One, two, buckle my shoe a Hercule Poirot novel"@en
  • "Fine sko med spænder"@da
  • "An overdose of death : (formerly titled The patriotic murders)"
  • "Moord in de martelstoel ; Het wespennest ; Mysterie in Market Basing ; Een handvol juwelen"
  • "The patriotic murders"@en
  • "The patriotic murders"
  • "One, two, buckle my shoe : a Hercule Poirot novel"@en
  • "One, two, buckle my shoe : a Hercule Poirot novel"
  • "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe : A Hercule Poirot Mystery"
  • "One two, buckle my shoe"
  • "One, two, buckle my shoe : a Hercule Poirot mystery"
  • "One, two, buckle my shoe : a Hercule Poirot mystery"@en
  • "One, two, buckle my shoe"@en
  • "One, two, buckle my shoe"
  • "One, two buckle my shoe"
  • "An overdose of death : (original title, the Patriotic murders)"@en
  • "An overdose of death"
  • "An overdose of death"@en
  • "An overdose of death (Original title : the Patriotic murders)"@en
  • "Fine sko med spænder ;Ukendt bestemmelsessted"@da
  • "One, two, Buckle my shoe"
  • "Moord in de martelstoel"
  • "Un, dos, corda'm la sabata"@ca
  • "Un, dos, corda'm la sabata"
  • "One, two, buckle my shoe : (also published as An overdose of death and The patriotic murders) : [a Hercule Poirot mystery]"
  • "One, Two, buckle my Shoe"@en

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