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The clocks

A public stenographer discovers the body of a dead man in a room lavishly decorated with clocks. Hercule Poirot assists in the murder investigation which turns up a number of "odd" characters.

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  • "A public stenographer discovers the body of a dead man in a room lavishly decorated with clocks. Hercule Poirot assists in the murder investigation which turns up a number of "odd" characters."@en
  • "Hercule Poirot has a problem--three murder witnesses tell of five clocks left at the scene, all set at 4:13. Luckily, the retired detective has nothing but time to piece together this intriguing puzzle."
  • "Sheila Webb expected to find a respectable blind lady waiting for her at 19 Wilbraham Crescent not the body of a middle-aged man sprawled across the living room floor. But when old Miss Pebmarsh denies sending for her in the first place, or of owning all the clocks that surround the body, it's clear that they are going to need a very good detective. This crime is so complicated that it must be quite simple, declares Hercule Poirot. But there's a murderer on the loose, and time is ticking away..."@en
  • "A man is found dead in a blind woman's house. Hercule Poirot investigates."@en
  • "Three unreliable witnesses and four clocks set at 4:13 are the only things detective Hercule Poirot has to help him solve a case before someone else is murdered."@en
  • "As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor. What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor."@en
  • "Inspector Poirot has his work cut out for him when Sheila Webb, a young nurse, is sent to the home of a blind woman and finds a dead man behind the couch. To complicate matters, the body is surrounded by four clocks, each reading 4:13. The blind woman and Sheila both protest their innocence, leaving the cunning Poirot to try to make sense of the bizarre circumstances."@en
  • "Retired detective Hercule Poirot investigates the bizarre case of Sheila Webb, a typist-for-hire who arrives at a job to find a corpse surrounded by five clocks and no one there who knows anything about her being hired."@en
  • "Master sleuth Hercule Poirot has time on his hands and is pleased to be asked to help out in a murder enquiry. A dead body and four clocks set at 4.13 are interesting."@en
  • ""Wilbraham Crescent baffles Special Branch investigator Colin Lamb; he can't find number 61. But he's in the right place at the right time when pretty Sheila Webb runs screaming from a flat and falls into his arms. Inside, a murdered man's body goes cold while authorities puzzle over four clocks, all stopped at 4:13, and a blind woman denies she knew the dead man or that she rang for Sheila. Colin's only hope to clear the girl is old friend Hercule Poirot, who employs his legendary little grey cells to prove that in this complex case timing is not everything"--Container."
  • "A man is found dead in a blind woman's house and Hercule Poirot investigates."@en

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  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Mystery"@en
  • "Kriminalromaner"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
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  • "The clocks"
  • "The clocks"@en
  • "The clocks a Hercule Poirot mystery"@en
  • "The clocks a Hercule Poirot mystery"
  • "The clocks, Agatha Christie"
  • "The clocks : a Hercule Poirot mystery"@en

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