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Hercule Poirot must solve a baffling case from the past in this classic Agatha Christie mystery. Now with a beautiful new series look. Beautiful Caroline Crale was convicted of poisoning her husband, yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market; Meredith Blake (the amateur herbalist) who stayed at home; Elsa Greer (the three-time divorcee) who had roast beef; Cecilia Williams (the devoted governess) who had none; and Angela Warren (the disfigured sister) who cried ""wee wee wee"" all the way home. It is sixteen years later, but Hercule Poirot just can't get that nursery rhyme out of his mind....

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"""The answer to the riddle is brilliant."" -- Times Literary Supplement (London) ""A brilliant piece of detective fiction, in which character plays an important part."" -- Daily Telegraph (London) ""Straightforward bamboozling from start to finish."" -- New Statesman (UK) ""As usual, Mrs. Christie hoaxes us with a double twist at the denouement, and provides excellent entertainment."" -- Punch (UK) ""Agatha Christie never fails us, and her Five Little Pigs presents a very pretty problem for the ingenious reader."" -- Manchester Guardian (UK)"

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Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her books have sold more than a billion copies in English and another billion in a hundred foreign languages. She died in 1976, after a prolific career spanning six decades.

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